dungannon socio-economic profile - Dungannon & South Tyrone ...

TABLE OF CONTENTSPAGEIntroduction 1Executive Summary 21.0 Population1.1 Population Change 91.2 Population Age Profile 101.3 Distribution of Population Figures by Key Towns 131.4 Population by Religion 142.0 Education and Training2.1 Education 152.1.1 General Overview 152.1.2 School Performance Levels 172.1.3 Destination of School Leavers 182.1.4 Pupil Teacher Ratio 192.2 Training 202.2.1 New Deal 202.2.2 Jobskills Programme 222.2.3 Worktrack 262.2.4 Enterprise Ulster 282.2.5 Support for Future Managers 303.0 Labour Markets3.1 Employees in Employment 323.1.1 Employment Trends 323.1.2 Employment by Sector 343.1.3 Employment Profile by Gender 353.2 Unemployment in Dungannon 373.2.1 Unemployment Trends 373.2.2 Unemployment by Duration 383.2.3 Unemployment by Age 393.2.4 Unemployment by Usual Occupation 39______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures2

PAGE4.0 Enterprise4.1 VAT Registered Businesses 414.2 New Businesses Registering for VAT 424.3 Invest Northern Ireland 434.3.1 Invest NI Clients by Sector 434.3.2 Employment 454.3.3 Exporting 474.3.4 Invest NI Led Investment Visits 494.3.5 Financial Assistance Provided by Invest NI 494.3.6 Invest NI Industrial Land Holdings 515.0 Earnings 526.0 Transport and Telecommunications6.1 Transport 556.2 Dungannon Broadband Access 577.0 Housing7.1 Housing in Dungannon by Tenure 587.2 Housing in Dungannon by House Type 607.3 Housing Market 627.3.1 House Prices 627.3.2 Rates 647.3.3 House Building 657.4 Social Housing 668.0 Tourism8.1 Introduction 688.2 Tourist Trips 698.3 Overnight Stays 708.4 Tourism Spend 719.0 Agriculture 72______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures3

PAGE10.0 Deprivation10.1 Domain Deprivation Measures 7510.1.1 Ward Level Data 7710.1.2 District Council Level Data 7910.2 New Targeting Social Need (TSN) 8110.2.1 Introduction to New TSN 81______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures4

LIST OF TABLESPAGE1.0 PopulationTable 1.1 Population Change 1991-2001 9Table 1.2 Population Age Profile by District Council Area –2001 10Table 1.3 Population Age Profile (in percentages) by DistrictCouncil Area – 2001 11Table 1.4 Percentage Change in Population by Age per DistrictCouncil – 1991-2001 11Table 1.5 Main Towns in each District Council with a Populationof 1000 or more 13Table 1.6 Population Breakdown by Religion 142.0 Education and TrainingTable 2.1 Numbers attending Post-Primary Schools inDungannon 15Table 2.2 The Examination Performance at GCSE level ofStudents attending post primary schools in eachDistrict Council area – 2000/01 17Table 2.3 The Examination Performance at A level ofStudents attending post primary schools in eachDistrict Council area – 2000/01 17Table 2.4 Destination of School Leavers by District Council Area2000/01 18Table 2.5 Pupil Teacher Ratio’s by Education and Library Board1999/00 19Table 2.6 Pupil Teacher Ratio’s by Education Sector 19Table 2.7 New Deal – Number of (Gateway) Starts in Dungannon 21Table 2.8 Jobskills Programme - Number of Starts per Strand 22Table 2.9 Breakdown of Trainees in Dungannon on the JobskillsAccess Stream by Occupational Area and Gender 23Table 2.10 Breakdown of Trainees in Dungannon on the JobskillsTraineeship Stream by Occupational Area and Gender 24Table 2.11 Breakdown of Trainees on the Jobskills ModernApprenticeship Stream by Occupational Area & Gender 25Table 2.12 Breakdown of Worktrack Participants by OccupationalArea – 2001/02 26Table 2.13 Breakdown of Enterprise Ulster New Start Trainees byOccupational Area 2001/02 (determined by home address) 28Table 2.14 Breakdown of Enterprise Ulster New Start Trainees byOccupational Area 2001/02 (determined by placement) 29Table 2.15 Uptake Levels on the Premier2 Programme by DistrictCouncil Area – Oct 2002 30Table 2.16 Uptake levels on the Rapid Advancement Programme byDistrict Council Area – Oct 2002 30______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures5

PAGETable 2.17Uptake levels on the Business Education Initiative byDistrict Council Area – Oct 2002 313.0 Labour MarketsTable 3.1 Percentage Increase in Jobs by District Council Area- 1989-1999 33Table 3.2 Employees in Employment (ex Agriculture) 34Table 3.3 Manufacturing Employment by Industrial Sector 35Table 3.4 Part-Time v Full-Time Employment by Gender –Dungannon 1999 (ex Agriculture) 36Table 3.5 Unemployment Trends 1991-2002 37Table 3.6 Unemployment by Duration – September 2002 38Table 3.7 Percentage Breakdown of Unemployment byDuration – September 2002 38Table 3.8 Breakdown of Unemployment by Age 39Table 3.9 Percentage Breakdown of Unemployment by Age 39Table 3.10 Number of Unemployed Claimants in Dungannonby Usual Occupation – February 2002 404.0 EnterpriseTable 4.1 Number of VAT based Enterprises by Broad IndustryGroup – 2001 41Table 4.2 Number of New Businesses registering for VAT 42Table 4.3Year on Year % Change in the number of newBusinesses registering for VAT 42Table 4.4 Number of Invest NI Clients by Sector 2001 44Table 4.5 Employment in Invest NI Clients by Sector 2001 46Table 4.6 Average Number of Employees per Company 46Table 4.7 Breakdown of the Sales of Invest NI Clients inDungannon by sector - 2000/01 47Table 4.8 External Sales as a Percentage of Total Sales 48Table 4.9 Invest NI Led Visits by Potential Investors to DistrictCouncil areas 49Table 4.10 Invest NI Financial Support to Client Companies from1998/99 – 2000/01 50Table 4.11 Total Investment by Invest NI Clients (£m) as a resultof Invest NI activity 50Table 4.12 Invest NI Industrial Land Holdings (Acres) by DistrictCouncil Area 51Table 4.13 Invest NI Land Available for Leasing (Acres) 51______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures6

5.0 EarningsPAGETable 5.1 Average Gross Weekly Earnings 52Table 5.2 Average Gross Weekly Earnings of Male Employees 53Table 5.3 Average Gross Weekly Earnings of Female Employees 54Table 5.4 Average Gross Weekly Earnings of Public and PrivateSector Employees 546.0 Transport and TelecommunicationsTable 6.1Table 6.2Road Length by Type of Road per District CouncilArea 55Household by Number of Cars by Health BoardRegion 1999/2000 567.0 HousingTable 7.1 Housing by Tenure (Percentage Breakdown) 58Table 7.2 Dwelling Type as a percentage of Total Accomin each District Council Area – 1996 60Table 7.3 Average Property Prices by Property Type for MidUlster (including Dungannon) 62Table 7.4 Average Property Prices by Property Type for NI 63Table 7.5 Average Rates Bill per District Council Area 64Table 7.6 Housing Starts by Sector in the Dungannon DCA 65Table 7.7 NIHE Waiting Lists by District Council Area(Incorporating Housing Associations) 668.0 TourismTable 8.1Table 8.2Table 8.3Table 8.4Visitor Numbers to Dungannon and South TyroneBorough Council District Council Facilities 68Number of Trips (000’s) made to each District CouncilArea per annum 69Number of Overnight Visits (000’s) made to eachDistrict Council Area per annum 70Tourist Spend (£m) per District Council Area perannum 719.0 AgricultureTable 9.1 Number of Farms by Business Size 72Table 9.2 Percentage Distribution of Farms – 2001 73Table 9.3 Number of Farms by LFA Designation – 2001 73Table 9.4 Labour Force – 2001 73Table 9.5 Number of Farms by Farm Type – 2001 74______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures7

10.0 DeprivationTable 10.1 Weighted Domains of Deprivation that comprise theMultiple Deprivation Measure 76Table 10.2 Ranked Domain Deprivation Measures by Ward in theDungannon District Council Area 77Table 10.3 District Council Level summaries of Ward Level 79Table 10.4 Breakdown of Electoral Wards in the DungannonDistrict Council Area 82______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures8

LIST OF CHARTSPAGE1.0 PopulationFigure 1.1 Population Profile by Age 10Figure 1.2 Percentage Change in Population by Age 1991-2001 127.0 HousingFigure 7.1 Housing by Tenure (Percentage Breakdown) – 1996 59Figure 7.2 Dwelling Type as a percentage of Total Accommodationin each District Council area– 1996 61Figure 7.3 Average House Prices in Mid-Ulster as a percentage ofAverage Property Prices across Northern Ireland 63Figure 7.4 Housing Starts by Sector in the Dungannon DistrictCouncil Area 65Figure 7.5 Percentage Change in the NIHE/Social Sector WaitingList 1998/99 – 2001/02 678.0 TourismFigure 8.1Figure 8.2Figure 8.3Tourist Trips per District Council Area as a percentageof the Northern Ireland Total 69Overnight visits per District Council Area as a percentageof the Northern Ireland Total 70Tourist Spend per District Council Area as a percentageof the Northern Ireland Total 7110.0 Deprivation and New TSNFigure 10.1 District Council Areas Designated as New TSN Areas 82______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures9

IntroductionDungannon Facts and Figures provides a unique and comprehensive study of theDungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area. It brings together a wide rangeof demographic, social, industrial and economic statistics relating to the borough andas such, it will act as an important resource for all those organisations, communitiesand individuals who are engaged in promoting the development of the region.Whilst the focus of the information is primarily on the Dungannon and South TyroneCouncil area, there is a need to see how the borough is performing when compared toneighbouring districts, and indeed the average for Northern Ireland as a whole. Fromthis regard, information has been provided on the neighbouring districts in Tyrone andFermanagh as a basis to provide a comparative analysis of trends and situations at asub-regional level. It is hoped that this information will assist local groups inidentifying the key issues they need to address as they develop their plans andprogrammes and implement their monitoring and evaluation systems.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures1

Executive SummaryPopulationThe Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area has a current population of47,735, representing an increase of 5.1% from 45,428 in 1991. The population ageprofile of the Borough is broadly similar to that for Northern Ireland as a whole, withjust over a quarter (12,315) being children, almost 60% (28,434) being of workingage, with the remaining 15% (6,986) being of pensionable age.The trend in terms of population change in Dungannon, like Northern Ireland as awhole, is toward an ageing population. Between 1991 and 2001 the number ofchildren in Dungannon declined by 7.1% from 13,255 to 12,315. In contrast, thenumber of people of pensionable age rose by 12.6% from 6,204 to 6,986 over thesame period.Dungannon Town, with a current estimated population of approximately 12,000people, is the commercial and administrative heart of the borough. However, around75% of the borough’s 47,735 people live in the many small rural towns and villagesthat are located throughout the borough or in dispersed rural communities.EducationPrimary, secondary and third level education is available within the Dungannon andSouth Tyrone area. The Borough currently has four Grammar Schools. Three ofthese schools, the Royal School, St Patrick’s Academy for Boys and St Patrick’sAcademy for Girls, are located in Dungannon town itself, with the fourth, St Joseph’sConvent Grammar, being sited in Donaghmore on the outskirts of the town. Thesefour schools accommodate, between them, around 2,800 students. There are alsoseven secondary schools providing post primary education to a further 2,500 pupils.Four of these secondary schools are spread out across the borough and located in thekey rural towns of Aughnacloy, Fivemiletown, Ballygawley and Coalisland.East Tyrone College of Further & Higher Education is the major provider of post-16training and education in the area. With an enrolment of around 800 full-timestudents and trainees, and 11,000 part-time registrations, East Tyrone College offersfull and part-time courses leading to formal accreditation over a wide range ofoccupational, vocational and academic disciplines, from basic and entry levelsthrough to Diploma and Degree. In recent years, there has been a strong commitmenttoward the delivery of a range of IT educational and training programmes at all levelsup to HND. The College also works closely with both the University of Ulster and______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures2

Queens University of Belfast with many of its advanced courses accredited throughthese Universities.With regard to examination pass rates, both the grammar and secondary schoolsectors in Dungannon perform well at both GCSE and A Level. During the 2000/01academic year 60% of GCSE students in the borough achieved A* to C grades in fiveor more subjects, well above the Northern Ireland average of 57%. Furthermore,during the same academic year 47% of A Level students passed 3 or more A Levelswith A-E grades again exceeding the Northern Ireland average of 45%, with 95% ofstudents achieving similar grades in 2 or more A Levels.In reflecting the high level of academic performance of the borough’s post primaryschools, it is not surprising that almost 72% of the 831 students who left schoolduring the 2000/01 academic year progressed to third level education, compared tojust 60% across Northern Ireland as a whole.In contrast, only 2.89% of school leavers, living in the Borough, left school to becomeunemployed or are recorded as having an unknown destination, compared to 5.5%across Northern Ireland as a wholeThe borough also had a significantly smaller proportion of school leavers opting toenrol on a work related training programme, or go direct to employment whencompared to the Northern Ireland average.TrainingThere is a broad range of statutory training and unemployment support provisionavailable in the Dungannon and South Tyrone region catering for people with a widevariety of skills and experience, from school leavers and graduates through to the longterm unemployed. These programmes offer a broad mix of advice, counselling, onthe job training and experience, as well as opportunities to gain new qualifications.The three main programmes, New Deal (248 Trainees), Jobskills (308 Trainees) andWorktrack (56 Trainees) between them account for the vast majority of all new starttrainees in the borough.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures3

Labour MarketsThe service sector plays a major role in the local economy with 10,712 people beingemployed in this area, representing approximately 65% of the working population ofthe borough (excluding agriculture). Despite this, the overall impact of the servicesector on the local economy is far less pronounced than across Northern Ireland as awhole, where around 75% of the labour force is involved in service sector activities.In contrast, the percentage of people employed in manufacturing related jobs issignificantly higher in the Dungannon area than across Northern Ireland. In 19994,711 people where employed in manufacturing related activities, accounting foralmost 30% of the borough’s working population (excluding agriculture) as comparedto just 17% across Northern Ireland and 23% for County Tyrone as a whole.Dungannon has a broad manufacturing base. Its predominant sectors includeEngineering, Food Production and Clothing and Textiles. Between them these threesectors account for over 62% of total employment in manufacturing.Whilst the vast majority of the borough’s 2,695 Vat registered businesses employ lessthan 10 people, a number of Northern Ireland’s leading manufacturing firms havelocated production facilities within the council area. These include two of NorthernIreland’s top 20 businesses; Moy Park Ltd (poultry processor) and PowerscreenInternational (manufacturer of crushing and screening plant and equipment) which ispart of the multi-national TEREX organisation and whose head quarters are in theborough.There were 684 people unemployed in the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough inSeptember 2002, approximately 3% of the economically active population, withalmost 60% being below the age of 34. The overall trend over the past decade,however, has been one of large decreases in unemployment right across NorthernIreland. In line with these trends, the unemployment rate in Dungannon has fallenfrom 17.6%, in 1991 to its current level and is now well below the Northern Irelandaverage of 4.7%.In terms of long-term unemployment, whilst 20% of Dungannon’s unemployed (inSeptember 2002) had been so for more than one year, with 5% having beenunemployed for three years or more, the levels of long-term unemployment inDungannon are generally lower than the levels across Northern Ireland as a whole.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures4

EnterpriseThere are 2,695 VAT registered businesses located in the Dungannon and SouthTyrone Borough Council area with approximately 48% of these companies beingcategorised as agricultural based businesses, as compared to just 33% for NorthernIreland as a whole. Other key sectors in the borough include construction, retail andmanufacturingIn March 2001 there were a total of 121 Invest NI client companies located in theDungannon and South Tyrone Borough council area, with food, engineering, glassand concrete being the key sectors. Dungannon based Invest NI clients account foralmost 6% of the total number of such companies across Northern Ireland providingemployment for over 5,000 people in the borough.Between 1998/99 and 2000/01 there has been a significant reduction in the levels offinancial support from Invest NI (and the former agencies including LEDU and IDB)to companies in Dungannon. This reflects that fact that private sector investment inthe borough has also reduced over this period. Despite this Dungannon, as a councilarea, tends to benefit from higher levels of Invest NI support than each of the othercouncil areas in the region.EarningsBased on the findings of the Northern Ireland New Earnings Survey 2001, Sub NIdata, the estimated average gross weekly salary for a male in Dungannon is £349.20,this being equivalent to 85% of the Northern Ireland average. Whilst that for a femaleis £292.60, 91% of the Northern Ireland average. Salaries paid to Non manual maleemployees in the Borough tend to be significantly higher than those paid to theirmanual counterparts, this being typical of wage rates across Northern Ireland as awhole.It is also interesting to note, that whilst average salaries paid to male employees in theprivate sector in the Dungannon area are higher than those paid to private sectorworkers in each of the other four district council areas in the Tyrone and Fermanaghregion, salaries paid to public sector male workers in Dungannon are lower than ineach of the other four district council areas. Despite this, public sector employees inDungannon continue to be paid higher salaries than those in the private sector.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures5

TransportThe Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area is totally reliant on roadbasedtransport. The total road length for all roads in the borough is approximately1,530 kilometres of which almost 60% are unclassified.Whilst public transport within the borough is restricted to bus and coach services,Translink provide a number of express services linking Dungannon with otherneighbouring district town’s including Cookstown, Omagh, Enniskillen and Portrush.The company also provides 15 return trips to Belfast, one direct service to Dublin andfour to Derry. Local provision, however, tends to be focused on the twice-dailytransport needs of Dungannon’s second and third level Schools and Colleges.The private car dominates local transport in Dungannon and throughout the regionwith 76% of households having access to a carTelecommunicationsAt present companies in Dungannon can only access broadband through the use ofleased lines or Satellite. It is expected, however, that by 2003 Broadband access willbe available in Dungannon through Hutchinson 3G.HousingThe most recent official figures to show home ownership levels in Dungannon werepublished as part of the 1996 Northern Ireland House Condition Survey. At that timeover 67% of people living in the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council areaowned their own homes, a higher rate than that for Northern Ireland as a whole(63.3%).The profile of housing by type in Dungannon, although similar to that of the otherfour council areas in Tyrone and Fermanagh, does differ significantly to that forNorthern Ireland as a whole.Bungalows account for over 40% of the housing stock in the council area compared to24.1% for Northern Ireland, whilst terraced houses account for less than 20%compared to 33.5% for Northern Ireland. Dungannon also has a higher percentage ofdetached houses in comparison to the Northern Ireland average, yet its stock of flatsand apartments is relatively low.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures6

Housing MarketOver recent years house prices across the Mid-Ulster region, which includesDungannon, have been performing well, with price movements generally following anupward trend. During the first quarter of this year the average price across allproperty types in the area was £73,085, representing a decline of 2.33% relative to thefirst quarter of 2001 (£74,827). Since then there appears to have been a sharpincrease in property prices across the region, with the average price of all propertybeing valued at £80,632 during the second quarter of this year. This represents a riseof over 10% in average prices between quarters one and two in the Mid-Ulster area incomparison to a 2.8% rise across Northern Ireland over the same time periodIt is important to point out that, with the average property price for all property acrossNorthern Ireland being valued at £95,007, prices in Dungannon and the Mid-Ulsterregion are around 85% of the Northern Ireland average. This would suggest thatDungannon does offer the local community relatively affordable housing whencompared to other districts in the province.TourismIn general Dungannon tends to lag behind many other areas in Northern Ireland interms of attracting tourists and generating revenue from tourism activity. Whilst therehas been a 35% increase in the number of tourists visiting the borough between 1998and 2001, revenue generated through tourism has actually decreased from £5.45million in 1998 to £4.70 million in 2001.AgricultureThe agricultural industry continues to be an important sector within the economy ofthe Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area. It accounts for almost 48%of the 2,695 VAT registered enterprises in the borough and provides employment for3,713 people.The agricultural sector, however, continues to be an industry under pressure. Of the2,101 farms in the borough, 80% are categorised as either very small or and 72% arelocated in Less Favoured Areas (LFA). Furthermore, approximately half of the 3,713people employed in this sector locally are part-time or casual employees, with afurther 11% being categorised as the spouse.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures7

Deprivation and New TSN AreasBased on the findings of the report “Measures of Deprivation in Northern Ireland”(NISRA June 2001), at an electoral ward level, Dungannon registers its highest levelsof deprivation in relation to income, access to services and housing. The area inwhich the Borough exhibits significantly lower levels of deprivation is in relation toEducation.Overall, the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area is ranked as the 9 thmost deprived local government district in Northern Ireland. In comparison to theother three district council areas in Tyrone, it exhibits the lowest levels of deprivation,and is second only to Fermanagh as the least deprived local government district in thewider Tyrone and Fermanagh region.In terms of new TSN, with the publication of the Noble Measures of Deprivation theDepartment of Enterprise Trade and Investment has drawn up a Council-level map byselecting the six most deprived Council areas in Northern Ireland. The six Councilareas are Strabane, Derry, Omagh, Moyle, Cookstown and Newry & MourneIn recognition of the significant economic difficulties, particularly in relation to joblosses and rising unemployment experienced by certain areas over the past severalmonths, DETI has also decided to supplement the New TSN Council area map byawarding “special” status to those areas which have experienced an unemploymentrate of at least 20% above the Northern Ireland average over the past year. This bringsinto the equation Carrickfergus, Larne, Limavady and Fermanagh District Councils.Although the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area as a whole is nolonger deemed to be a New TSN area, nor does it qualify as a special status area, sixelectoral wards within the borough continue to be recognised as areas of high ofdeprivation. These are Ballysaggart, Coalisland North, Coalisland South, Drumglass,Mullaghmore and Washing Bay.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures8

1.0 Population1.1 Population ChangeThe Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area has a current population of47,735. Over the past ten years the borough’s population has increased by 5.1% from45,428 in 1991. Whilst this is lower than the change in population across NorthernIreland as a whole, it does closely match the rate of change in population withinTyrone.Table 1.1 Population Change 1991 – 20011991 2001 %ChangeDungannon 45,428 47,735 5.1%Cookstown 31,082 32,581 4.8%Omagh 45,809 47,952 4.7%Strabane 36,141 38,248 5.8%Fermanagh 54,033 57,527 6.4%Tyrone 158,460 166,516 5.1%Tyrone/Fermanagh 212,493 224,043 5.4%Northern Ireland 1,577,836 1,685,267 6.8%Source: The Northern Ireland Census 1991 & 2001 General Register Office 2002______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures9

1.2 Population Age ProfileThe population age profile of the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council areais largely similar to that for Northern Ireland as a whole (see tables 1.2 and 1.3). Justover a quarter of the borough’s population (12,315) are children, almost 60% (28,434)are of working age, with the remaining 15% (6,986) being of pensionable age.Despite there being small deviations in the age profiles of each of the other fourdistrict council areas in the Tyrone and Fermanagh region, in general terms, they allconform to this broad regional age profile.Figure 1.1 Population Profile By Age70.0%60.0%50.0%Children40.0%Working age30.0%Pensioners20.0%10.0%0.0%DungannonCookstownOmaghStrabaneFermanaghN IrelandRegionSource: The Northern Ireland Census 2001 – General Register Office 2002Table 1.2 Population Age Profile by District Council Area - 2001Dungannon Cookstown Omagh Strabane Fermanagh N IrelandChildren 12315 8445 12399 9957 13864 398056Working age 28434 19700 29055 23017 34514 1025700Pensioners 6986 4426 6498 5274 9149 261511Total 47735 32571 47952 38248 57527 1685267Source: The Northern Ireland Census 2001 – General Register OfficeNotes: Children are defined as those in the population aged under 16.Working age is defined as the female population aged 16 to 59 and the malepopulation aged 16 to 64.Pensioners are defined as the female population aged 60 and over and the malepopulation aged 65 and over______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures10

Table 1.3 Population Age Profile (In Percentages) by District Council Area - 2001Dungannon Cookstown Omagh Strabane Fermanagh N IrelandChildren 25.8% 25.9% 25.9% 26.0% 24.1% 23.6%Working age 59.6% 60.5% 60.6% 60.2% 60.0% 60.9%Pensioners 14.6% 13.6% 13.6% 13.8% 15.9% 15.5%Source: The Northern Ireland Census 2001 – General Register OfficeNotes: Children are defined as those in the population aged under 16.Working age is defined as the female population aged 16 to 59 and the malepopulation aged 16 to 64.Pensioners are defined as the female population aged 60 and over and the malepopulation aged 65 and overIt is interesting to note, that in relation to population change over the past ten years,the general trend toward an ageing population in Northern Ireland appears to be moreaccentuated in the Tyrone and Fermanagh region.Between 1991 and 2001 the number of children in Northern Ireland fell by 2.9% from409,898 to 398,050. During the same period, the population in Dungannon, of thisage group, fell by 7.1% from 13,255 in 1991 to 12,315 in 2001, with similarly sharpfalls also being recorded in the other four district council areas in the Tyrone andFermanagh region (see Table 1.4). These figures generally point toward a birth ratethat is declining significantly faster in the Western region than in other parts ofNorthern Ireland.It is also worth noting that whilst the numbers of children have been declining, incontrast, the numbers of people of pensionable age have been increasing steadily bothacross the Tyrone and Fermanagh region, as well as Northern Ireland as a whole.Furthermore, Dungannon (12.6%), along with Strabane (13.1%), has experienced afaster rate of growth in its population of this group than the average rate of growthacross Northern Ireland as a whole (10.6%) (See Table 1.4).Table 1.4 Percentage change in population by age and District Council – 1991-2001Dungannon Cookstown Omagh Strabane Fermanagh N IrelandChildren -7.1% -9.2% -9.0% -6.1% -8.0% -2.9%Working age 9.5% 11.0% 11.2% 10.3% 13.3% 10.1%Pensioners 12.6% 9.7% 7.2% 13.1% 7.6% 10.6%All Persons 5.1% 4.8% 4.7% 5.8% 6.5% 6.8%______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures11

Figure 1.2 Percentage change in population by age 1991-200115.0%10.0%5.0%0.0%ChildrenWorking agePensioners-5.0%-10.0%DungannonCookstownOmaghStrabaneFermanaghN IrelandRegionThe growth in the borough’s population over the past ten years has been largelyfuelled by the increase in the number of people of working age living in the area (seeFigure 1.2). Between 1991 and 2001 the number of people of working age living inthe Dungannon area increased by 2,465 from 25,969 to 28,434, a rise of almost 10%.This is broadly in line with the overall increase in the population of this age groupacross Northern Ireland as a whole.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures12

1.3 Distribution of Population Figures By Key TownsThe Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area occupies a central positionin Northern Ireland. Situated to the West of Lough Neagh and stretching up throughthe Clogher Valley towards the Sperrins, the borough covers an area of some 315square miles (816 square kilometres).Dungannon Town, with a current estimated population of approximately 12,000people, is the commercial and administrative heart of the borough. However, around75% of the borough’s 47,735 people live in the many small rural towns and villagesthat are located throughout the Borough or in dispersed rural communities. This hashelped to retain the strong rural character, culture and sense of community identitythat has long been associated with the region.Table 1.5Main Towns in each District Council with a Population of 1000 or morebased on 1991 Census Figures (See Notes Below)Area Total Male FemaleDungannon DCACoalisland 3,802 1,848 1,954Dungannon 9,190 4,407 4,783Fivemiletown 1,107 533 574Moygashel 1,178 551 627Cookstown DCACookstown 9,842 4,797 5,045Moneymore 1231 583 648Strabane DCACastlederg 2,579 1,221 1,358Newtownstewart 1,520 751 769Sion Mills 1,676 833 843Strabane 11,670 5,624 6,046Omagh DCAFintona 1,324 661 663Omagh 17,280 8,448 8,832Fermanagh DCAEnniskillen 11,436 5,470 5,966Irvinestown 1,906 911 995Lisnaskea 2,367 1,120 1,247Source: The Northern Ireland Census 1991Notes: More recent figures based on the 2001 Northern Ireland Census are not due to bepublished until Spring 2003______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures13

1.4 Population By ReligionThe three main churches in Dungannon (see Table 1.6), the Roman Catholic Church,the Church of Ireland and the Presbyterian Church represent the religious affiliationsof 87% of the people living within the district, with the Roman Catholic Church beingthe predominant religion overall.The Church of Ireland is the largest Protestant denomination in Dungannon (18%)followed by the Presbyterian Church (13%).Table 1.6Population Breakdown by ReligionDungannon Tyrone Northern IrelandCatholic 56% 59% 38%Church of Ireland 18% 15% 18%Presbyterian 13% 14% 21%Methodist 2% 2% 4%Other 5% 5% 8%None 1% 1% 4%Not Stated 5% 5% 7%Source: The Northern Ireland Census 1991Notes: More recent figures based on the 2001 Northern Ireland Census are not due to bepublished until early 2003______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures14

2.0 Education and Training2.1 Education2.1.1 General OverviewThe Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough currently has four Grammar Schools.Three of these schools, the Royal School, St Patrick’s Academy for Boys and StPatrick’s Academy for Girls, are located in Dungannon town itself, with the fourth, StJoseph’s Convent Grammar, being sited in Donaghmore on the outskirts of the town.These four schools accommodate, between them, around 2,800 students. Whilst StPatrick’s Academy for Boys and St Patrick’s Academy for Girls are presently twoindependent schools, these two schools will merge for the 2003/2004 academic yearThe borough has also seven secondary schools providing post primary education to afurther 2,500 pupils. Four of these secondary schools are spread out across theborough and located in the key rural towns of Aughnacloy, Fivemiletown,Ballygawley and Coalisland.Table 2.1Numbers attending Post-Primary Schools in DungannonSecondary SchoolsNo. onRollGrammar SchoolsNo. onRollAughnacloy High School 100 Royal School Dungannon 614Drumglass High School 440 St Joseph’s Convent Grammar 493Fivemiletown High School 426 St Patrick’s Boys’ Academy 852Integrated College Dungannon 306 St Patrick’s Girls’ Academy 823St Ciaran’s High School 847St Joseph’s High School 604St Patrick’s High School 652TOTAL 3,375 TOTAL 2,782Source: School Performance Tables 1998/99 – DENIEast Tyrone College of Further & Higher Education is the major provider of post-16training and education in the area. The main campus, which is to be fully replaced bya new purpose built facility on the existing site, is located in Dungannon town witheasy transport access. The College plan to commence the first phase in the redevelopmentof the existing campus in 2003.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures15

With an enrolment of around 800 full-time students and trainees, and 11,000 part-timeregistrations, the East Tyrone College offers full and part-time courses leading toformal accreditation over a wide range of occupational, vocational and academicdisciplines, from basic and entry levels through to Diploma and Degree. In recentyears there has been a strong commitment toward the delivery of a range of ITeducational and training programmes at all levels up to HND. These courses haveproven to be highly popular, attracting some 2,600 enrolments during the 2001/02academic year. The College works closely with both the University of Ulster and alsowith the Queens University of Belfast with many of its advanced courses accreditedthrough these Universities.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures16

2.1.2 School Performance LevelsInformation regarding the performance of individual schools is no longer madeavailable by the Department of Education and Learning (DEL), with the school leaguetables having last been published for the 1998-99 academic year. However, thedepartment does publish data relating to the average performance of all schoolswithin a district council area.Table 2.2The Examination Performance at GCSE level of Students attending PostPrimary Schools in each District Council Area – 2000/01.Dungannon Omagh Strabane Fermanagh N. IrelandAverageNo. % No. % No. % No. % %5+ GCSE’s A*-C 615 60 553 64 235 41 676 66 57No GCSE’s 42 4 29 3 44 8 14 1 4Year 12 Population 1027 858 571 1021Note:Figures for the Cookstown District Council area are not available due to the smallnumber of schools in the district.From Tables 2.2 and 2.3 it can be seen that both the grammar and secondary schoolsectors in Dungannon perform well at both GCSE and A Level. During the 2000/01academic year 60% of GCSE students in the borough achieved A* to C grades in fiveor more subjects, well above the Northern Ireland average of 57% (see Table 2.2).Furthermore, during the same academic year 47% of A Level students passed 3 ormore A Levels with A-E grades (see table 2.3), again exceeding the Northern Irelandaverage of 45%, with 95% of students achieving similar grades in 2 or more A Levels.Table 2.3The Examination Performance at A level of Students attending PostPrimary Schools in each District Council Area – 2000/01.Dungannon Omagh Strabane Fermanagh N. IrelandNo % No % No % No % %2+ A Levels A-E 447 95 390 96 182 95 464 97 933+ A Levels A-E 178 47 170 45 79 41 233 48 45No. A-Level Students 456 408 186 482______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures17

2.1.3 Destination of School LeaversIn reflecting the high level of academic performance of the borough’s post primaryschools, it is not surprising that almost 72% of the 831 students who left schoolduring the 2000/01 academic year progressed to third level education, compared tojust 60% across Northern Ireland as a whole (see Table 2.4). In fact, a significantlyhigher proportion of school leavers living in Dungannon chose to continue to thirdlevel education, when compared to their counterparts resident in each of the other fourcouncil areas in the Tyorne in Fermanagh region.In contrast, only 2.89% of school leavers, living in the Borough, left school to becomeunemployed or are recorded as having an unknown destination, compared to 5.5%across Northern Ireland as a whole. After Fermanagh (2.03%), Dungannon recordedthe second lowest level of unemployment amongst school leavers of all five districtsin the Tyrone and Fermanagh region during 2001.The borough also had a significantly smaller proportion of school leavers opting toenrol on a training programme, when compared both against the other four districtcouncil areas in the region, as well as Northern Ireland as a whole. Furthermore, asmaller proportion of school leavers in Dungannon (11.31%) entered employmentwhen compared to the average uptake of employment amongst this group acrossNorthern Ireland (13.1%).Table 2.4 Destination of School Leavers by District Council Area – 2000/01D/gannon%C/town%Omagh%Strabane%Fermangh%NorthernIreland%Total No. SchoolLeavers831 571 805 626 787 25,162Inst. of Higher Education 36.34 32.75 36.27 31.95 39.90 32.9Inst. of Further Education 35.38 28.37 31.18 22.36 21.98 27.2Employment 11.31 16.46 10.31 14.06 10.93 13.1Training 14.08 18.39 17.76 26.04 25.16 21.3Unemployment/Unknown 2.89 4.03 4.47 5.59 2.03 5.5Source: DEL 2002NB: District Council is determined by the home postcode of the school leaver and not theschool they attended)______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures18

2.1.4 Pupil Teacher RatiosAs illustrated in Table 2.5 there appears to be very little deviation in Pupil TeacherRatios in both primary and secondary level school sectors when comparing the fiveEducation and Library Boards in Northern Ireland. Broadly speaking the PupilTeacher Ratios in each board area closely matches the Northern Ireland average foreach sector.Table 2.5 Pupil Teacher Ratio’s by Education and Library Board 1999/00Board Primary SecondarySouthern 19.1 14.6Western 20.4 14.6Belfast 20.0 14.6South Eastern 20.8 14.9North Eastern 21.0 14.8Northern Ireland 20.2 14.7Source: Economic Outlook & Business Review - Volume16.2 June/July 2001Note: The Southern Education Board takes in all the schools in the Dungannon and SouthTyrone Borough Council AreaIt is interesting to note, that between 1990/91 and 1999/00 the overall Pupil TeacherRatio (PTR) in Northern Ireland fell from 18.2 to 16.0, a trend reflected in all schoolsectors with the exception of the Nursery and Secondary school sectors (see table2.6).Table 2.6Pupil Teacher Ratio’s by Education SectorSector 1990/91 1999/00Nursery 24.7 25.7Primary 22.8 20.2Secondary 14.1 14.2Grammar (Preparatory) 24.8 17.5Grammar (Secondary) 15.8 15.5Northern Ireland 18.2 16.0Source: Economic Outlook & Business Review - Volume16.2 June/July 2001______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures19

2.2 TrainingDetails on statutory training provision in the Dungannon and South Tyrone BoroughCouncil Area outlined in this section of the report, relate to the following keygovernment training initiatives:• Jobskills Programme• New Deal (aged 18-24 years)• New Deal (aged 25+ years)• Worktrack• Enterprise Ulster• Support for Future Managers2.2.1 New DealTargeting the long-term unemployed, New Deal is designed to provide participantswith advice and skills to prepare them for the workplace and to secure and retainemployment.There are two New Deal programmes. The New Deal programme for 18-24 year oldsis targeted at young people who have been claiming Jobseekers Allowance for sixmonths or more, whereas the New Deal programme for those aged 25 or over, istargeted at those who have been claiming Jobseekers Allowance for 18 months ormore (or for those who have been claiming Jobseekers allowance for 18 out of thepast 21 months).The programmes provide individual participants with a personal adviser whose role isto offer one to one careers counselling and advice and an action plan to helpparticipants find employment. If individuals have not been successful in finding a jobafter the first four months (Gateway phase) a range of options are made available e.g.:subsidised employment or a training placement with a local voluntary sector provideretc (options do differ between the two programmes).During 2001/02 there were 248 registered new starts on New Deal in Dungannon (seeTable 2.7), an increase of 30% from 193 the previous year, with more people over theage of 25 registering to participate on New Deal than under the age of 25. (It must be______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures20

noted, however, that as the eligibility criteria for New Deal (18-24) is six monthsunemployment, it is conceivable that an individual can register on the programmetwice in one year).The New Deal programme for those aged 25 or over was first introduced on a pilotbasis during 1998/99 and only became mandatory in 1999/00. As a result there was apeak in the numbers starting the programme during that year, as all long-termunemployed, who had been so for 18 months or more, were obliged to register. Sincethen, however, the numbers starting this programme annually only relate to those whohave become eligible during each individual year.Table 2.7 - New Deal – Number of (Gateway) Starts in Dungannon1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02Aged 18-24 205 133 110 112Aged 25+ 117 515 76 136Source: Department of Education and Learning (DEL)Note:A breakdown of the New Deal Programme by Occupational area is not available.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures21

2.2.2 Jobskills ProgrammeThe Jobskills programme is a government funded training programme for youngunemployed people aged 16-24. During 2001/02 308 young people across theBorough started a Jobskills programme, a fall of almost 11% from 346 the previousyear. The main reason for this fall has been a significant reduction in the numbers oftrainees taking on a traineeship. During 2000/01 there were 211 new starts on thetraineeship programme and this had fallen by 35% to 137 last year.It is worth pointing out that each of the other council areas in the Tyrone andFermanagh region, with the exception of Strabane (see Table 2.8), also experienced adecline in the numbers of people taking on a traineeship through the jobskillsprogramme.In contrast the number of trainees in Dungannon taking on a Modern Apprenticeshiprose by almost 40% from 102 in 2000/01 to 141 in 2001/02, in line with the generaltrend across the region. In fact, on this occasion, Cookstown was the only councilarea to register a fall in the numbers of people taking on a modern apprenticeshipTable 2.8Jobskills Programme – Number of starts per StrandAccessTraineeshipModernApprenticeship00/01 01/02 00/01 01/02 00/01 01/02Dungannon 33 30 211 137 102 141Cookstown 16 27 100 76 60 48Omagh 30 56 242 194 111 106Strabane 50 37 168 169 48 77Fermanagh 49 65 252 206 127 166Source: Department of Education and Learning(DEL)There are two strands to the ‘mainstream’ Jobskills Programme;1. Traineeships2. Modern Apprenticeships.In addition to these, the Jobskills Access strand is designed for those individuals whorequire extra assistance to prepare them for ‘mainstream’ training. This can last up to52 weeks, focusing on basic skills development such as literacy, numeracy and/orother similar needs. As illustrated in Table 2.9 there were 30 trainees undergoinginitial training through this strand of Jobskills during 2001/02.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures22

Table 2.9Breakdown of Trainees in Dungannon On the Jobskills Access Streamby Occupational Area and GenderOccupational AreaAccess00/01 01/02M F M FInitial Training 22 11 24 6Administration - - - -General Computing, Familiarisation - - - -Leisure - - - -Social Work & Care - - - -Hair & Cosmetics - - - -Retailing - - - -Storage/Warehousing - - - -Food Preparation and Cooking - - - -Agriculture - - - -Civil Engineering & Construction - - - -Building Trades: Brick, Paving - - - -Building Trades: Plumbing, Heating - - - -Building Trades: Wood, Glazing - - - -Motor Vehicle Repair & Maintenance - - - -Processing - - - -Mechanical Engineering - - - -Electrical Engineering - - - -Totals 22 11 24 6Source: Department of Education and Learning (DEL)TraineeshipsTraineeships offer trainees the opportunity to gain job related skills and a NationalVocational Qualification (NVQ) at Level 2. Eligible applicants are school leaversunder 18 years of age (or under 22 years of age for young people with a disability).During 2001/02 there were a total of 137 new start trainees registering for atraineeship place in Dungannon, the vast majority (75%) being male.The most popular occupational area amongst male trainees was Building Trades;Wood and Glazing (54 Trainees), followed by Building Trades; Brick & Paving (16Trainees) and Mechanical Engineering (13 Trainees). Between them these threesectors accounted for over 80% of all male trainees (See Table 2.10).In relation to female trainees on the programme, Social Work and Care (14 Trainees)Administration (8 Trainees) and Hair & Cosmetics (8 Trainees) were the three mostpopular occupational areas and between them they accounted for almost 80% of allfemale trainees (See Table 2.10).______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures23

Table 2.10Breakdown of Trainees in Dungannon On the Jobskills TraineeshipStream by Occupational Area and GenderOccupational AreaTraineeship00/01 01/02M F M FInitial Training - 2 - -Administration 1 18 - 8Information Science - - 1 3General Computing, Familiarisation 3 6 3 -Leisure 3 - - -Social Work & Care 1 21 - 14Hair & Cosmetics - 9 - 5Retailing - 1 1 2Storage/Warehousing 1 - 1 -Food Preparation and Cooking 13 1 5 2Agriculture 2 - 2 -Civil Engineering & Construction 4 - - -Building Trades: Brick, Paving 20 - 16 -Building Trades: Plumbing, Heating 9 - 3 -Building Trades: Wood, Glazing 58 - 54 -Motor Vehicle Repair & Maintenance 14 - 3 -Processing 2 1 1 -Mechanical Engineering 20 - 13 -Electrical Engineering 1 - - -Totals 152 59 103 34Modern ApprenticeshipsModern Apprenticeships are aimed at young people wishing to gain the skills andqualifications needed to become the technicians and managers of the future. ModernApprenticeships offer structured training leading to NVQ Level 3 and including keyskills. Trainees, however, are normally employed and earn a wage set by theiremployer.It is possible for applicants to start a Modern Apprenticeship at any stage after leavingfull-time education, provided the training is completed by the time the trainee reaches25 years of age. In practice, the upper age for starting this programme is often set at21 years of age.During 2001/02, 141 people in Dungannon started a Modern ApprenticeshipProgramme, with the overwhelming majority (88%) being male (see Table 2.11). Aswith Traineeships, the most popular occupational areas were Building Trades; Woodand Glazing, Building Trades; Brick & Paving, Electrical and MechanicalEngineering. Between them, these four sectors accounted for 65% of all trainees (SeeTable 2.11).______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures24

Table 2.11Breakdown of Trainees in Dungannon On the Jobskills ModernApprenticeship Stream by Occupational Area and GenderOccupational AreaModern Apprenticeships00/01 01/02M F M FInitial Training - - - -Administration - 4 - 3Reception, Secretarial - 1 - 1Information Science - - - -Computer Science - 1 - -General Computing, Familiarisation - - - -Leisure - - - -Social Work & Care - 1 1 7Hair & Cosmetics - - - 2Retailing 1 5 - -Storage/Warehousing - - - -Food Preparation and Cooking 2 1 5 -Food Service - - - 3Agriculture 2 - 2 -Civil Engineering & Construction - - 3 -Building Trades: Brick, Paving 11 - 14 -Building Trades: Plumbing, Heating 6 - 9 -Building Trades: Wood, Glazing 24 - 33 -Motor Vehicle Repair & Maintenance 2 - 11 -Processing 1 - 1 -Mechanical Engineering 28 - 20 1Electrical Engineering 12 - 25 -Totals 89 13 124 17______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures25

2.2.3 WorktrackWorktrack is targeted at assisting unemployed adults who fall outside the criteria ofthe New Deal options. By identifying their training and employment aspirations, thisprogramme provides temporary employment focusing on the individual needs of theparticipant. It is aimed at getting participants into sustainable employment at theearliest opportunity and participation on this programme is for a maximum of 26weeks. The Dungannon Development Association administers the Worktrackprogramme throughout the borough.Table 2.12 Breakdown of Worktrack Participants by Occupational Area – 2001/02Dungannon Cookstown Strabane Omagh FermanaghPersonal Administration 1 - - - 1Administration 13 12 8 - 24OP Research, Statistical and MGTSupport - - - - 2Reception, Secretarial 12 - 8 21 -Computer Science 2 - - - -General Computing, Familiarisation &DP 2 - - - 1Design 2 1 - - -Teacher Training & Techniques ofInstruction - - - - 22Provision of Education & guidance inTraining & Careers 2 1 - 2 -Leisure 1 - - - -Nursing Studies 1 - - - -Medical and Technical - - - - 1Social Work & Care for Special Groups 13 9 13 18 27Cleaning, Ward Auxiliary & Laundry 1 - 9 - 1Housekeeping & Domestic Help - - - 10 3Retailing 5 4 7 1 5Marketing & Advertising - 1 - - -Environmental and Public Health - - - - 3Food Preparation & Cooking 1 6 4 - 1Food Service - - 22 - -Hotel & Inn Keeping - - - - 1Horticulture, Gardening - - 1 - 19Transport Operations - - 8 - -Building Trades: Brisk, Paving & Stone - 2 - - -Building Trades: Wood, Glazing, Paint,Plaster - - 2 8 -Motor Vehicle Maintenance & Repair - - - - 1TOTAL 56 36 82 60 112Source: Department of Education and Learning (DEL)______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures26

As illustrated in Table 2.12 above, during 2001/02, 56 people in Dungannon started aWorktrack programme, with the three most popular occupational areas being SocialWork and Care (13 Trainees), Administration (13 Trainees) and Reception/Secretarial(12 Trainees). Between them these three sectors accounted for 68% of all Worktracktrainees in the borough.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures27

2.2.4 Enterprise UlsterEnterprise Ulster provides training that, like Worktrack, is targeted at assistingunemployed adults who fall outside the criteria of the New Deal options.The main aim of this programme is to provide participants with opportunities toobtain NVQ qualifications at level 2 or above, in order to enhance their chances ofattaining sustainable employment. Depending on the needs of the individuals, theprogramme can last for between six and twelve months.Just three people with home addresses in the Dungannon and South Tyrone BoroughCouncil area started an Enterprise Ulster Training Programme during 2001/02 (SeeTable 2.13), with just four Enterprise Ulster Trainees having occupational placementsin the Borough (See Table 2.14).Table 2.13Breakdown of Enterprise Ulster New Start Trainees by OccupationalArea – 2001/02. (District Council area is determined by the Traineeshome address)Occupation Dungannon Cookstown Strabane Omagh FermanaghConstruction - - - 1 2Painting/Decorating - - - - 4Joinery - - - - -Auto Mechanics - - - - -Office/IT - - 2 3 3Research Technician - - - - 1Horticulture - - 1 - 9Child Care 2 2 - 24 12Community Care 1 - 1 1 2Sport & Leisure - - - - 2Others - - 1 2 14TOTAL 3 2 5 31 49Source: Department of Education and Learning (DEL)______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures28

Table 2.14Breakdown of Enterprise Ulster New Start Trainees by OccupationalArea – 2001/02. (District Council area is determined by the Trainee’sPlacement).Occupation Dungannon Cookstown Strabane Omagh FermanaghConstruction - - - 1 2Painting/Decorating - - - - 4Joinery - - - - -Auto Mechanics - - - - -Office/IT - - 2 3 3Research Technician - - - - 1Horticulture - - 2 - 9Child Care 3 1 4 17 13Community Care 1 - 1 1 2Sport & Leisure - - - - 2Others - - 1 3 13TOTAL 4 1 10 25 49Source: Department of Education and Learning (DEL)______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures29

2.2.5 Support For Future ManagersThe Premiere 2 Programme offers graduates the opportunity to developmanagement skills through a combination of structured training, study and workplacement.Table 2.15Uptake levels on the Premier2 Programme By District Council AreaOct 2002Dungannon Cookstown Strabane Omagh FermanaghParticipants 2 1 - 4 5Source: Department of Education and Learning (DEL)The Rapid Advancement Programme (RAP) forms part of the Department forEmployment and Learning's commitment to address the identified skills gap in thetechnology and knowledge based sector. It enables Non IT graduates to 'Fast Track'their careers in a new direction within the IT sector.The 32-week programme, which includes a 15-week placement, provides training inthe following disciplines:• Database design and management• Programming• Network management• IT support• Web design and developmentTable 2.16Uptake levels on the Rapid Advancement Programme By DistrictCouncil Area Oct 2002Dungannon Cookstown Strabane Omagh FermanaghParticipants 2 5 1 1 1Source: Department of Education and Learning (DEL)______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures30

The Business Education Initiative provides pre final year students with an externalperspective through a year long placement in a college or university in the UnitedStates. This programme brings together students of Northern Ireland colleges anduniversities to study business for a year at colleges and universities in the UnitedStates. Through study outside their home country these students gain confidence inthemselves, an international outlook, and enhanced business and management skills.During the academic year each student is required to complete a business projectrelated to their experience in the United States and to submit a paper to their homeinstitution upon return.Table 2.17Uptake levels on the Business Education Initiative By District CouncilArea Oct 2002Dungannon Cookstown Strabane Omagh FermanaghParticipants 2 2 5 2 3Source: Department of Education and Learning (DEL)______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures31

3.0 Labour MarketsThis section provides an outline of the structure and trends in employment andunemployment in the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area. Aspectsof the local labour market structures include:• Employment by Industrial Sector• Occupational Structure• Unemployment Rates and TrendsNote: This section does not include employment within agriculture, which is dealt withseparately in Section 8.0.3.1 Employees in Employment3.1.1 Employment TrendsBetween 1989 and 1999 the number of available jobs in the Dungannon and SouthTyrone area increased by 33% (see Table 3.1). In fact, over this period, Dungannonrecorded the 6 th highest percentage increase in available jobs of all 26 district councilsin Northern Ireland, with much of this new jobs creation arising from opportunitieswithin the borough’s small and medium sized companies.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures32

Table 3.1 Percentage Increase in Jobs by District Council Area - 1989-1999(Excluding Belfast City Council Area)Rank Council Percentage Increase in Jobs1 Antrim 702 Cookstown 403 Carrickfergus 374 Ballymoney 355 Limavady 346 Dungannon 337 Newry/Mourne 318 N.Down 309 Derry 2910 Lisburn 2811 Fermanagh 2712 Moyle 2613 Ballymena 2513 Armagh 2515 Down 2315 Strabane 2315 Omagh 2315 Banbridge 2319 Castlereagh 2220 Craigavon 2121 Magherafelt 2022 Newtownabbey 1922 Coleraine 1924 Larne 1125 Ards 5Note:The Council Area with a rank position of 1 has had the highest rate of increase in jobsand the council with a rank position of 25 the lowest rate of increase in the number ofnew jobs.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures33

3.1.2 Employment by SectorThe service sector plays a major role in the local economy (see Table 3.2). Accordingto the 1999 Northern Ireland Census of Employment, 10,712 people are employed inservice sector jobs. This represents approximately 65% of the working population ofthe borough (excluding agriculture), with marginally more people employed in thepublic sector than in the private sector. Whilst these figures confirm the servicesector as the predominant employer in the district, its impact on the local economy isfar less pronounced than across Northern Ireland as a whole, where around 75% of thelabour force is involved in service sector activities.In contrast the percentage of people employed in manufacturing related jobs issignificantly higher in the Dungannon area than across Northern Ireland (see Table3.2). In 1999 4,711 people where employed in manufacturing related activities,accounting for almost 30% of the borough’s working population (excludingagriculture) as compared to just 17% across Northern Ireland and 23% for CountyTyrone as a whole.Table 3.2Employees in Employment (ex Agriculture)Dungannon Tyrone NIManufacturing 4,711 28.6 11,457 23% 18%Construction 770 4.7% 3,538 7% 5%Services – Private Sector 4,984 30.3% 15,748 32% 40%Services – Public Sector 5,728 34.8% 17,656 36% 35%Services Total 10,712 65.1% 33,404 68% 75%TOTAL 16,446 49,119Source: NI Census of Employment Sept 1999Dungannon has a broad manufacturing base. Its predominant sectors includeEngineering, Food Production and Clothing and Textiles. Between them these threesectors account for over 62% of total employment in manufacturing across theBorough (see table 3.3).Whilst the vast majority of the borough’s 2,695 Vat registered businesses employ lessthan 10 people, a number of Northern Ireland’s leading manufacturing firms havelocated production facilities within the council area. These include two of NorthernIreland’s top 20 businesses; Moy Park Ltd (poultry processor) and Powerscreen______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures34

International (manufacturer of crushing and screening plant and equipment) which ispart of the multi-national TEREX organisation and whose headquarters are in theborough itself.Other key manufacturing employers in the borough include Dungannon Meats (meatprocessor), Moygashel Ltd (apparel and furnishing fabrics), McAvoy Group (portableand modular buildings), Tyrone Crystal (designers and manufacturers of cut crystal),Tyrone Brick (brick manufacturers), Viper International (manufacturer of crushingand screening plant and equipment), Metso Minerals (manufacturer of crushing andscreening plant and equipment) and Finlay Block Making Equipment (manufacturerof batching plant and mobile and stationary block machines).Table 3.3 Manufacturing Employment by Industrial Sector - 1999TotalManufacturingEmployeesEngineering Food Textiles &ClothingOtherManufacturingDungannon 4711 19.2% 31% 12.4% 37.4%Cookstown 1854 17% 36.1% 15.7% 31.2%Omagh 1889 19.6% 24.6% 33.8% 22.0%Strabane 3003 2.8% 7.2% 80.3% 9.5%Fermanagh 3814 7.2% 15.7% 18.9% 58.2%N Ireland 105,810 28.7% 18.8% 18.4% 34.1%3.1.3 Employment Profile by GenderAs illustrated in Table 3.4, whilst male employment is primarily full-time, femaleemployment tends to be more equally balanced between part-time and full-time.Approximately 48% of female employees in the district are in full-time employmentwith the remaining 52% in part-time work.An important feature of the employment profile of Dungannon, is that the vastmajority of employees in the manufacturing and construction sectors are male withfull-time jobs. Female employees in the manufacturing labour force, account for just28% of total manufacturing employees, and over 30% of these female employees areemployed on a part-time basis.With regard to service sector employment in the borough, although female employeesaccount for approximately 63% of the total service sector labour force, there are moremale employees with full-time jobs than female employees.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures35

Table 3.4 Part-Time v Full Time Employment by Gender, Dungannon 1999(ex Agriculture)MaleFull-TimeMalePart-TimeFemaleFull TimeFemalePart TimeManufacturing 3,023 362 914 412Construction 661 41 47 21Services 3,202 792 2,954 3,764TOTAL 6,684 1,195 3,915 4,197Source: NI Census of Employment Sept 1999______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures36

3.2 Unemployment in Dungannon3.2.1 Unemployment TrendsThere were 684 people unemployed in the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough inSeptember 2002, approximately 3% of the economically active population.As illustrated in Table 3.5 below, the overall trend over the past decade has been oneof large decreases in unemployment right across Northern Ireland. In line with thesetrends, the unemployment rate in Dungannon has fallen from 17.6%, in 1991 to itscurrent level of approximately 3.1% and is now well below the Northern Irelandaverage of 4.7%.It must be noted, when reviewing the information relating to trends in unemploymentover the past decade, that there have been two changes that have affected the claimantcount unemployment series in Northern Ireland over this period. The first of thesewas a new system for compiling the statistics, which was introduced in 1994 andremoved approximately 1,500 people from the Northern Ireland live register. Thesecond was the introduction of the Job Seekers allowance in 1997, which led to asignificant reduction in the claimant count. Nonetheless, even taking these twofactors into account, there have been significant reductions in the levels ofunemployment across the provinceTable 3.5 Unemployment Trends 1991 - 20021991 1996 Sept - 2002Dungannon 17.6 15.0 3.1Omagh 16.9 14.5 5.5Strabane 23.6 17.0 9.5Fermanagh 14.9 14.4 6.7Northern Ireland 12.9 10.7 4.7Source: DETI______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures37

3.2.2 Unemployment By DurationBased on Claimant Count statistics released in September 2002, the majority (62.6%)of those registered as being unemployed in Dungannon at that time, had been so forless than six months.In terms of long term unemployment, whilst 20% of Dungannon’s unemployed hadbeen so for more than one year, with 5% having been unemployed for three years ormore, the levels of long term unemployment in general is lower in Dungannon thanacross Northern Ireland as a whole. Furthermore, in terms of the Tyrone andFermanagh region, after Cookstown (which has the lowest levels of long-termunemployment overall) the levels of long-term unemployment are significantly lowerin Dungannon than in Omagh (26%), Strabane (29.7%) and Fermanagh (32.4%)Table 3.6 Unemployment by Duration – Sept 2002Dungannon Cookstown Omagh Strabane Fermanagh N IrelandDuration1 to 26 wks 428 322 656 621 844 2065726 to 52wks 119 81 225 284 331 72881 to 3yrs 103 60 213 278 354 63713yrs plus 34 8 96 104 211 2101Total 684 471 1190 1287 1740 36417Source: Northern Ireland Labour Market Statistics 2002- DETITable 3.7 Percentage Breakdown of Unemployment by Duration – Sept 2002Dungannon Cookstown Omagh Strabane Fermanagh N IrelandDuration1 to 26 wks 62.6 68.4 55.1 48.3 48.5 56.726 to 52wks 17.4 17.2 18.9 22.1 19.0 20.01 to 3yrs 15.1 12.7 17.9 21.6 20.3 17.53yrs plus 5.0 1.7 8.1 8.1 12.1 5.8Source: Northern Ireland Labour Market Statistics 2002 - DETI______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures38

3.2.3 Unemployment By AgeAs illustrated in Tables 3.8 and 3.9 below, almost 60% of those unemployed inDungannon are between the ages of 17 and 34, with those aged 17 to 24 being the agegrouping with largest proportion of Dungannon’s unemployed population.Table 3.8 Breakdown of Unemployment By Age – Sept 2002Dungannon Cookstown Omagh Strabane Fermanagh N IrelandAgeUnder 17 0 1 1 2 2 1417 to 24 249 167 388 412 486 1189025 to 34 160 130 278 308 386 901135 to 54 215 137 423 462 654 1244655 plus 60 36 100 103 212 3056Total 684 471 1190 1287 1740 36417Source: Northern Ireland Labour Market Statistics 2002 - DETITable 3.9 Percentage Breakdown of Unemployment By Age – Sept 2002Dungannon Cookstown Omagh Strabane Fermanagh N IrelandAgeUnder 17 0 0 0 0 0 017 to 24 36 35 33 32 28 3325 to 34 23 28 23 24 22 2535 to 54 31 29 36 36 38 3455 plus 9 8 8 8 12 83.2.4 Unemployment By Usual OccupationAs illustrated in Table 3.10 almost three quarters of Dungannon’s unemployedpopulation are male with 45% of these male unemployed indicating that their usualoccupation is either, Labouring (13.5%), Construction (13.4%), Transport (8%),Agriculture (5%) or Skilled (4.6%). It is worth noting that 35% of unemployedmales in the borough are not associated with an identified occupational area.In terms of female unemployed, almost 40% have previously been employed in eithera clerical (14 %), health (11%) sales (9%) or teaching position, with 43% not beingassociated with an identified occupational area.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures39

Table 3.10 Number of Unemployed claimants in Dungannon by Usual Occupation –Feb 2002Female Male TotalHealth. 20 1 21Teaching. 10 7 17Construction. 0 64 64Transport. 1 38 39Clothing. 2 1 3Agriculture. 1 24 25Business 2 3 5Law. 1 5 6Food. 1 10 11Catering. 9 12 21Clerical. 26 12 38Labouring. 5 65 70Managerial. 3 4 7Engineering. 0 4 4Miscellaneous 5 17 22Skilled. 1 22 23Sales. 17 10 27Computing. 1 11 12Other/NK 79 168 247Total 184 478 662Source: Northern Ireland Labour Market Statistics 2002 – DETI______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures40

4.0 Enterprise4.1 VAT Registered BusinessesThere are 2,695 VAT registered businesses located in the Dungannon and SouthTyrone Borough Council area (see Table 4.1). Approximately 48% of thesecompanies are categorised as agricultural based businesses, as compared to just 33%for Northern Ireland as a whole.Other key sectors in the borough include construction, retail and manufacturing.Between them, the agricultural, construction, retailing and manufacturing sectorsaccount for over 76% of all VAT registered businesses in Dungannon. AcrossNorthern Ireland, these same four sectors account for around 65% of all VATregistered businesses.Table 4.1 Number of VAT based enterprises by broad Industry group 2001DungannonCookstown Strabane Omagh Fermanagh N. IrelandAgriculture 1,305 885 845 1,510 1,985 17,735Production 235 140 90 130 130 3,970Construction 275 230 185 315 290 6,900Motor Trade 100 95 60 95 120 2,275Wholesale 125 65 50 85 105 3,280Retail 245 150 180 220 315 6,420Hotel/Catering 105 70 80 85 130 2,935Transport 95 70 35 35 55 1,875Post/Telecom 5 - - 5 10 200Finance 5 - - 5 5 185Property/Business 140 90 55 150 135 5,835Education 5 - - 5 10 125Health 10 - 5 5 20 240Public Admin 45 25 30 40 65 1,705TOTAL 2,695 1,815 1,615 2,685 3,370 53,675Source: Northern Ireland Annual Abstract of Statistics 2001 – NISRA______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures41

4.2 New Businesses Registering for VATBetweeen 1996 and 2000 there has been a general decline in the number of newbusinesses that have been registering for VAT each year across Northern Ireland (seeTables 4.2 and 4.3). In 2000, 3,460 firms registered for VAT in Northern Ireland, 7%lower than in 1996 when there were 3,715 new VAT registrations (See Table 4.2).On average, the number of new businesses registering for VAT across the provincehas been declining at a rate of 1.75% per annum over this period.In Dungannon however, the rate of decline appears to be running at a more than twicethat for Northern Ireland as a whole (see Table 4.3). In 2000, 145 firms registered forVAT in the borough, 15% less than in 1996 when there were 170 new VATregistrations. It is worth pointing out, however, that whilst Dungannon has exhibiteda steady decline in the number of new VAT registrations year on year over this fiveyearperiod, other neighbouring council areas like Cookstown, Omagh and Strabanehave experienced more dramatic year on year changes, with a large number of VATregistrations one year being followed by a dramatic drop the following year.Table 4.2Number of new businesses registering for VAT1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 1996 - 2000Dungannon 170 170 160 165 145 -15%Cookstown 115 125 95 105 100 -13%Strabane 80 95 95 105 95 19%Omagh 165 160 130 145 165 0%Fermanagh 185 210 190 160 160 -14%N Ireland 3,715 3,845 3,650 3,565 3,460 -7%Table 4.3Year on Year % Change in the number of new businesses registeringfor VAT1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00Dungannon 0% -6% 3% -12%Cookstown 9% -24% 11% -5%Strabane 19% 0% 11% -10%Omagh -3% -19% 12% 14%Fermanagh 14% -10% -16% 0%N Ireland 3% -5% -2% -3%______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures42

4.3 Invest NIInvest NI is Northern Ireland's new economic development agency. Established inApril 2002 under the Industrial Development Act (Northern Ireland) 2002, it is a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) operating under a Board, and it is charged withthe responsibility of carrying out the functions previously undertaken separately by:• The Industrial Development Board (IDB)• The Local Enterprise Development Unit (LEDU),• The Industrial Research and Technology Unit (IRTU),• Business Support Division of the Department of Enterprise, Trade andInvestment (DETI)• The business support functions of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB).Invest NI’s corporate mission is:to accelerate economic development in Northern Ireland, applying expertise andresources to encourage innovation and achieve business success, increasingopportunity for all within a renewed culture of enterprise.This section details key statistics relating to the activities of Invest Northern Ireland inthe Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area and the wider Tyrone andFermanagh region.4.3.1 Invest NI Clients by SectorFrom Table 4.4 it can be seen that in March 2001 there were a total of 121 Invest NIclient companies located in the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough council area,with food, engineering, glass and concrete being the key sectors. In fact, in terms ofthe SIC descriptions the top four classifications which, between them, account foralmost 60% of all Invest NI supported companies in the Borough are Machinery andEquipment (24), Food, Drink and Tobacco (16), Fabricated Metal Products (15) andGlass, Ceramic and Concrete Products (14).Dungannon has a significantly higher concentration of Invest NI clients than each ofthe other district councils in the Tyrone and Fermanagh region, accounting for almost6% of the total number of Invest NI clients across Northern Ireland.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures43

Table 4.4 Number of Invest NI clients by sector – March 2001Sector (SIC Description) D/gannon C/town Omagh StrabaneF/managh N. IrelandBusiness & Finance 5 3 8 3 2 161Chem/Pharmaceuticals 1 0 2 0 0 64Computer Services 3 2 1 2 2 154Construction Services 4 4 2 3 1 91Electrical, Electronic Optical 1 4 3 0 2 129Fabricated Metal 15 13 4 1 4 155Food, Drink & Tobacco 16 11 6 7 5 275Glass, Ceramic Concrete 14 5 0 0 11 99Machinery and Equip. 24 4 7 1 1 123Paper, Print & Pub. 0 1 1 0 1 81Rubber & Plastics 1 3 1 2 4 78Textiles, 5 0 4 8 4 148Tourism Services 0 0 0 0 0 1Transport Equipment 5 0 2 1 3 57Wood & Wood Pdts 6 6 2 1 3 72Other Manufacturing 7 6 1 5 5 124Other Services 14 5 4 3 11 228Total Companies 121 67 48 37 59 2040Source: Invest NI______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures44

4.3.2 EmploymentIt is not surprising that, as there are significantly more Invest NI client companies inthe Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough there are also significantly more peopleemployeed within this group of companies, when compared to the other districtcouncil areas in the Tyrone and Fermanagh region.In total there were over 5,000 employees working for Invest NI client companies inthe Dungannon area in March 2001 (see Table 4.5). This represents 4.7% of the totallabour force employed by Invest NI clients across Northern Ireland.Generally speaking Invest NI clients in Dungannon tend to be smaller, in terms of theaverage number of employees per company when compared to the wider NorthernIreland average. In Dungannon the average number of employees per companyacross all sectors is 41, whereas for Northern Ireland as a whole it is 52 (see Table4.6).This aside, Dungannon does have a number of major employees including two ofNorthern Ireland’s top 20 businesses, Moy Park Ltd (poultry processor) andPowerscreen International (manufacturer of crushing and screening plant andequipment) which is part of the multi-national TEREX organisation and whose headquarters are in the borough itself.Other key employers include; Dungannon Meats (meat processor), Moygashel Ltd(apparel and furnishing fabrics), McAvoy Group (portable and modular buildings),Tyrone Crystal (designers and manufacturers of cut crystal), Tyrone Brick (brickmanufacturers), Viper International (manufacturer of crushing and screening plant andequipment), Metso Minerals (manufacturer of crushing and screening plant andequipment) and Finlay Block Making Equipment (manufacturer of batching plant andmobile and stationary block machines).______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures45

Table 4.5 Employment in Invest NI Client Companies by sector- March 2001Sector (SIC Description) D/gannon C/town Omagh Strabane F/managh N IrelandBusiness & Finance 26 19 65 22 2 4798Chem/Pharmaceuticals 2 0 13 0 0 3712Computer Services 12 15 3 25 14 3853Construction Services 38 50 19 96 4 2281Electrical, Electronic Optical 10 47 44 0 141 13052Fabricated Metal 298 292 24 36 203 4599.5Food, Drink & Tobacco 1979 585 339 199 298 17684Glass, Ceramic Concrete 755 24 0 0 1282 4660Machinery and Equip. 735 377 341 0 6 5892.5Paper, Print & Pub. 0 1 20 0 22 3289Rubber & Plastics 139 20 12 93 243 5689Textiles, 403 0 481 2090 202 12596Tourism Services 0 0 0 0 0 51Transport Equipment 135 0 17 1 57 11799Wood & Wood Pdts 131 138 68 15 261 2250Other Manufacturing 117 143 3 44 61 2667Other Services 222 148 50 5 312 6411Total Employees 5002 1859 1499 2626 3108 105284Source: Invest Northern IrelandTable 4.6 Average Number of Employees per Company – March 2001Sector (SIC_Description) Dungannon Northern IrelandBusiness & Financial Services 5 30Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals & Man-ma 2 58Computer Services 4 25Construction Services 10 25Electrical, Electronic & Optical Equip 10 101Fabricated Metal Products & Metal Fin 20 30Food, Drink & Tobacco 124 64Glass, Ceramic and Concrete Products 54 47Machinery and Equipment 31 48Paper Products, Printing & Publishing 0 41Rubber & Plastic Products 139 73Textiles, Clothing & Leather 81 85Tourism Services 0 51Transport Equipment 27 207Wood & Wood Products 22 31Other Manufacturing 17 22Other Services 16 28All Companies 41 52______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures46

4.3.3 ExportingSales by Invest NI clients in Dungannon were valued at £503.89m between April2000-March 2001 (see Table 4.7). Sales of food products accounted for almost 50%of total sales with over 80% of food sales being to customers outside of NorthernIreland.Other key sectors generating significant sales turnover included; Machinery andEquipment; Glass, Ceramics and Concrete; Textiles; Fabricated Metal Products;Clothing and Leather; and other Services, which between these sectors accounted fora further 44% of total sales.It is interesting to note that whilst 76% of sales by Dungannon based Invest NI clientsare to customers outside of Northern Ireland (4% higher than the Northern Irelandaverage), just 21% of sales are to markets beyond the United Kingdom, compared to aNorthern Ireland average of 40%. In fact, Dungannon has the lowest level of exportsales when compared to the other council areas in the Tyrone and Fermanagh region(see Table 4.8).Table 4.7 Breakdown of the Sales of INI Clients’ in Dungannon By Sector –2000/01Sales (£m)ExternalSales (£m) Exports (£m)Business & Financial Services 8.66 3.91 3.69Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals & Man-made Fibres 0.20 0.10 0.06Computer Services 1.65 0.90 0.88Construction Services 1.75 0.78 0.60Electrical, Electronic & Optical Equipment 0.25 0.06 0.06Fabricated Metal Products & Metal Finishing 13.44 8.87 2.67Food, Drink & Tobacco 249.61 201.76 20.20Glass, Ceramic and Concrete Products 63.17 23.45 13.39Machinery and Equipment 76.12 67.43 51.82Paper Products, Printing & Publishing 0.00 0.00 0.00Rubber & Plastic Products 7.35 6.08 1.46Textiles, Clothing & Leather 23.41 22.78 1.91Tourism Services 0.00 0.00 0.00Transport Equipment 2.71 1.69 1.67Wood & Wood Products 3.71 1.53 0.52Other Manufacturing 5.88 2.44 1.83Other Services 45.98 39.87 3.52Total Sales 503.89 381.64 104.27Source: Invest Northern IrelandNotes: External Sales relate to all sales outside Northern Ireland.Export Sales relate to External Sales less sales to Great Britain______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures47

Table 4.8External Sales as a percentage of Total SalesExternal SalesExportsDungannon 76% 21%Cookstown 62% 26%Omagh 81% 37%Strabane 74% 34%Fermanagh 63% 56%NI 72% 40%Source: Invest Northern Ireland______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures48

4.3.4 Invest NI Led Investment VisitsIn recent years the number of visits by potential investors to Dungannon, which areled by Invest NI (and formerly the Industrial Development Board), has beendeclining, as it has in each of the other council areas in the region with the exceptionof Omagh (see table 4.9). In fact during the past year there hasn’t been a single visitto the borough, with only nine such visits having been brought to the Tyrone andFermanagh region.Table 4.9Invest NI led visits by potential investors to District Council Areas1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02Dungannon 3 1 1 1 0Cookstown 9 3 4 1 0Omagh 5 5 8 8 7Strabane 2 7 4 3 2Fermanagh 5 2 6 5 0Total Visits - Tyrone andFermanagh24 18 23 18 9Total Visits - Northern Ireland 260 299 256 268 173Source: Invest Northern Ireland4.3.5 Financial Assistance Provided by Invest NIBetween 1998/99 and 2000/01 there has been a significant reduction in the levels offinancial support from Invest NI (and the former agencies including LEDU and IDB)to companies in Dungannon (see Table 4.10). This reflects the fact that totalinvestment by Invest NI clients in the borough has reduced over this period (see Table4.11).Despite this Dungannon, as a council area, tends to benefit from higher levels ofInvest NI support than each of the other council areas in the region. This could bereflective of the fact that Dungannon has significantly higher numbers of Invest NIclient companies to begin with, generating higher levels of private sector investmentoverall.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures49

Table 4.10 Invest NI Financial Support to Client Companies from 1998/99 -2000/0198/99 99/00 00/01 Total for 3DCA (£m) (£m) (£m) Years (£m)Dungannon 9.40 3.53 2.65 15.58Cookstown 1.21 0.86 1.14 3.21Omagh 1.60 1.25 1.12 3.97Strabane 4.94 0.61 1.10 6.65Fermanagh 1.47 7.54 2.22 11.23Total Offers Tyrone and Fermanagh 18.62 13.78 8.23 40.63Total Offers Northern Ireland 102.84 117.99 107.72 328.55Source: Invest Northern IrelandNote: 2001/02 Figures not yet available.Table 4.11Total Investment by INI Clients (£m) as a result of INI activity (FiguresInclude INI investment)98/99 99/00 00/01 Total for 3DCA (£m) (£m) (£m) Years (£m)Dungannon 45.69 18.25 17.85 81.78Cookstown 6.07 4.29 5.69 16.04Omagh 7.68 6.24 5.61 19.53Strabane 17.20 3.05 4.81 25.06Fermanagh 8.34 32.70 12.99 54.03Total Investment Tyrone andFermanagh 84.98 64.52 46.94 196.44Total Investment Northern Ireland 453.72 584.94 575.21 1,613.87Source: Invest Northern IrelandNote: Investment by ex-LEDU is calculated as Assistance to LEDU projects multiplied by 5.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures50

4.3.6 Invest NI Industrial Land HoldingsAt present the Invest NI hold 95 acres of industrial land in the Dungannon and SouthTyrone Borough Council area an increase of 44 acres the previous year.Currently 22 acres of this land is available for leasing.Table 4.12INI Industrial Land Holdings (Acres) By District Council Area1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02Dungannon 51 51 51 51 95Cookstown 37 38 38 38 38Omagh 47 47 47 47 47Strabane 31 31 31 31 31Fermanagh 126 126 126 126 126Total Land Holdings Tyrone and Fermanagh 292 293 293 293 337Total Land Holdings Northern Ireland 2,824 2,795 2,778 2,823 2,848Source: IDB Annual Report and Accounts 1999-2000Table 4.13 INI Land Available for Leasing (Acres)1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02Dungannon 26 26 26 22 22Cookstown 16 8 5 6 6Omagh 36 31 31 22 17Strabane 15 15 16 10 5Fermanagh 82 82 62 45 45Total Tyrone and Fermanagh 175 162 140 105 95Total Northern Ireland 1,311 1,326 1,246 1,084 1,044Source: IDB Annual Report and Accounts 1999-2000______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures51

5.0 EarningsThis section provides details of earnings based on the findings of the Northern IrelandNew Earnings Survey 2001, Sub NI data. It is important to note that when reviewingthe tables in this section, the following comments should be taken into account:1. Earnings is a measure of the money people receive in return for work done. Itincludes salaries and bonuses but does not include non-monetary perks such asbenefits in kind. This differs from income, which is the amount of moneyreceived from all sources. Income includes interest from building societyaccounts, dividends from shares, benefit receipts, trust funds, etc2. Unless otherwise stated, the average earnings figures in this booklet relate to:- Gross pay (including basic pay, overtime pay, commissions, shift pay,profit related pay and bonuses).- Before statutory deductions (PAYE, National Insurance etc.)- Full-time employees (those working more than 30 hours each weekexcluding overtime and main meal breaks – 25 hours for teachers andacademics)- Excluding those whose pay has been affected by absence3. The average earnings estimates provided in this section are subject to standarderror of the mean and caution should be used when drawing references fromsuch estimates. For more detailed information and analysis the reader shouldrefer directly to the Northern Ireland New Earnings Survey 2001.Based on the findings of the Northern Ireland New Earnings Survey 2001, Sub NIdata, the estimated average gross weekly salary for a male in Dungannon is £349.20,this being equivalent to 85% of the Northern Ireland average, whilst that for a femaleis £292.60, 91% of the Northern Ireland average (see Table 5.1).Table 5.1Average Gross Weekly EarningsMale As a % of NI Female As a % of NIDungannon 349.20 85% 292.60 91%Cookstown 291.20 71% 300.30 93%Omagh 332.20 81% 264.00 82%Strabane 355.80 87% 337.60 105%Fermanagh 389.40 95% 344.50 107%Northern Ireland 409.20 322.20Source: Northern Ireland New Earnings Survey 2001 – Sub NI Data – NISRA______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures52

Salaries paid to Non manual male employees in the Borough tend to be significantlyhigher than those paid to their manual counterparts, this being typical of wage ratesacross Northern Ireland as a whole (see Table 5.2).Table 5.2Average Gross Weekly Earnings of Male EmployeesManual As a % of NI Non-Manual As a % of NIDungannon 292.20 92% 450.80 90%Cookstown 265.70 84% *Omagh 266.60 84% 449.70 90%Strabane 243.90 77% 420.50 84%Fermanagh 310.20 98% 477.80 96%Northern Ireland 317.50 499.60Source: Northern Ireland New Earnings Survey 2001 – Sub NI Data - NISRA______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures53

Table 5.3Average Gross Weekly Earnings of FemaleEmployeesNon-ManualAs a % of NIDungannon 308.30 90%Cookstown 324.60 94%Omagh 365.70 106%Strabane 296.90 86%Fermanagh 365.10 106%Northern Ireland 344.10Non-Manual As a % of NISource: Northern Ireland New Earnings Survey 2001 – Sub NI Data - NISRANote: Due to an insufficient sample size, it was not possible to determine a reasonablyaccurate average weekly earning for female manual employees within the districtcouncil areas listed above.It is also interesting to note, that whilst average salaries paid to male employees in theprivate sector in the Dungannon area are higher than those paid to private sectorworkers in each of the other four district council areas in the Tyrone and Fermanaghregion, salaries paid to public sector male workers in Dungannon are lower than ineach of the other four district council areas (see table 5.4). Despite this, public sectoremployees in Dungannon continue to be paid higher salaries than those in the privatesector.Table 5.4Average Gross Weekly Earnings of Public and Private SectorEmployeesPublic As a % of NI Private As a % of NIDungannon 373.50 89% 323.40 93%Cookstown 390.10 93% 258.90 74%Omagh 401.80 95% 275.30 79%Strabane 425.80 101% 263.80 76%Fermanagh 479.10 114% 297.00 85%Northern Ireland 420.90 348.20Source: Northern Ireland New Earnings Survey 2001 – Sub NI Data - NISRA______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures54

6.0 Transport and Telecommunications6.1 TransportDungannon’s position at the heart of Northern Ireland, with its excellent roadnetwork, allows for fast access to Northern Ireland’s main towns, seaports andairports. Belfast City, with its seaport and two airports, is less than a one-hour drivefrom Dungannon. The Port of Larne on the Antrim Coast is less than ninety minutesaway, with Derry City, its port and airport, also being approximately a one and a halfhour drive. Dungannon has also fast access to the port of Warrenpoint, with Dublinbeing around two hours driving time away.Two main road routes service the district. The M1 is the main road route linkingDungannon to Craigavon, Lisburn and Belfast to the East, with the A4 linking thetown to Omagh, Fermanagh, Derry, Donegal and Sligo to the West. The A29 passesthrough the town and links Dungannon to Cookstown, Ballymena, and Coleraine tothe North and Armagh, Newry, Monaghan and Dublin to the South.Table 6.1Road Length by Type of Road per District Council AreaDungannon Cookstown Omagh Strabane FermanaghTotal Road Length in Kms 1529.69 892.09 1863.69 1353.42 2047.03Road Type as a % Of TotalRoad LengthMotorway 1% 0% 0% 0% 0%Dual Carriageway 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%Single Carriageway 8% 4% 5% 3% 11%Class II 11% 15% 12% 13% 12%Class III 22% 22% 24% 22% 21%Unclassified 59% 59% 60% 62% 56%Source: Department for Regional DevelopmentWhilst public transport within the borough is restricted to bus and coach services,Translink provide a number of express services linking Dungannon with otherneighbouring district town’s including Cookstown, Omagh, Enniskillen and Portrush.The company also provides 15 return trips to Belfast, one direct service to Dublin andfour to Derry. Local provision, however, tends to be focused on the twice-dailytransport needs of Dungannon’s second and third level Schools and Colleges.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures55

The private car dominates local transport in Dungannon and throughout the regionwith 76% of households in the Southern Health Board Area (which includesDungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council Area) having access to a car (seeTable 6.2).Table 6.2 Household by Number of Cars By Health Board Region – 1999/2000Southern Western Northern Eastern NorthernIrelandNo Cars 24% 31% 24% 34% 30%One Car 47% 48% 48% 43% 46%Two Cars or29% 21% 28% 23% 25%MoreSource: Continuous Household Survey 1999 - 2000______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures56

6.2 Dungannon – Broadband AccessA universally accessible broadband network is central to the successful realisation ofe-business initiatives and services. The Internet can only provide access to the globalmarketplace if businesses can connect to a sufficiently high speed, high quality andreliable network that is reasonably priced.Broadband connectivity is essentially a high-speed telecommunications link. Thecapacity of broadband networks is described by the rate of transmission or bandwidth,measured in bit/s. The minimum capacity for a “broadband” connection, and thatmost commonly provided, is 2Mbit/s. Although this capacity is adequate for most oftoday’s applications, as we move forward into the Information Society manycustomers are already demanding increased bandwidths of 34 Mbit/s, 155 Mbit/s andhigher.At present companies in Dungannon can only access broadband through the use ofleased lines or Satellite. It is expected, however, that by 2003 Broadband access willbe available in Dungannon through Hutchinson 3G.Within the Dungannon area, there are both Optical Fibre access nodes SynchronousDigital Hierarchy (SDH) nodes currently in place. There are also plans for anAsynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) node to be set-up. The key services currentlyavailable include:• High Speed Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL)• 2Mbps• 34Mbps• STM1 - 155Mbps• STM4 (622 Mbps) and 16 (2.4 Gbps) can be deployed on demandSource: Telecommunications for E-Business – A Users Guide, 2001. (DETI)______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures57

7.0 Housing7.1 Housing in Dungannon – By TenureThe most recent official figures to show home ownership levels in Dungannon werepublished as part of the 1996 Northern Ireland House Condition Survey. At that time67.7% of households throughout the borough were owner occupied, as compared to aNorthern Ireland average of just 63.3%. Furthermore, the proportion of householdsin both NIHE and Housing Association rented properties is significantly lower inDungannon than across Northern Ireland as a whole. With the exception of Strabane,each of the other district council areas in the Tyrone and Fermanagh region exhibithigher levels of home ownership than the Northern Ireland average, with Cookstownhaving the highest rate of home ownership overall (72.5%).This survey is due to be updated by December 2002 and it is expected that, given thegrowth in the housing market in recent times, home ownership levels across NorthernIreland will be even higher today than in 1996.Table 7.1Housing By Tenure (Percentage Breakdown)OwnerHousing PrivateNIHEVacantsOccupiedAssoc. Rented% % % % %TotalNumberDungannon 67.7 18.2 0.8 7.3 6.1 16,280Cookstown 72.5 15.1 0.7 4.7 7 12,010Omagh 65.5 19.9 0.4 8.9 5.3 15,050Strabane 57.4 28.5 1.4 7.5 5.1 12,610Fermanagh 70.2 17.1 1.1 5.4 6.1 20,040NorthernIreland63.3 23.4 2.1 6.3 4.8 602,500Source – Northern Ireland House Condition Survey 1996 - NIHE______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures58

Figure 7.1Housing By Tenure (Percentage Breakdown)1996807060%50403020DungannonNorthern Ireland100OwnerOccupiedNIHEHousingAssoc.PrivateRentedVacants______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures59

7.2 Housing in Dungannon - By House TypeThe profile of housing by type in Dungannon, although similar to that of the otherfour council areas in Tyrone and Fermanagh, does differ significantly to that forNorthern Ireland as a whole.Bungalows account for over 40% of the housing stock in the council area compared to24.1% for Northern Ireland, whilst terraced houses account for less than 20%compared to 33.5% for Northern Ireland. Dungannon also has a higher percentage ofdetached houses in comparison to the Northern Ireland average yet its stock of flatsand apartments is relatively low.Table 7.2Dwelling Type as a Percentage of Total Accommodation in Each DistrictCouncil Area - 1996BungalowTerracedSemi-Detached Detached Flat TotalDungannon 40.6 19.9 14.4 22 3 16,280Cookstown 43.8 21.3 11.9 17.8 5.1 12,010Omagh 41.8 17.6 8.9 24.8 6.9 15,050Strabane 39.9 26.2 14.1 17.1 2.8 12,610Fermanagh 41.6 14.4 9.4 28.9 5.7 20,040NorthernIreland 24.1 33.5 18.3 15.5 8.6 602,500Northern Ireland House Condition Survey 1996 - NIHE______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures60

%Figure 7.2 Dwelling Type as a Percentage of Total Accommodationin Each District Council Area - 1996454035302520151050Bungalow Terraced Semi-DetachedDetachedFlatDungannonNorthern Ireland______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures61

7.3 Housing Market7.3.1 House PricesOver recent years house prices across the Mid-Ulster region, which includesDungannon, have been performing well, with price movements generally following anupward trend. During the first quarter of this year the average price across allproperty types in the area was £73,085, representing a decline of 2.33% relative to thefirst quarter of 2001 (£74,827). Since then there appears to have been a sharpincrease in property prices across the region, with the average price of all propertybeing valued at £80,632 during the second quarter of this year. This represents a riseof over 10% in average prices between quarters one and two in the Mid-Ulster area incomparison to a 2.8% rise across Northern Ireland over the same time periodIt is important to note, however, that there has been a variable pattern of pricemovement across the different property types over the past year. Broadly speakingwhilst the price of terraced, detached and semi-detached houses have continuedperform well, the price of detached bungalows appears to have been more volatile.The average price of a detached Bungalow in quarter one of 2002 was £82,245compared to £96,774 for the same quarter in the previous year, yet by quarter two of2002 it had risen by almost 24% to £101,691 (see table 10).It is important to point out that, with the average property price for all property acrossNorthern Ireland being valued at £95,007, prices in Dungannon and the Mid-Ulsterregion are around 85% of the Northern Ireland average. This would suggest thatDungannon does offer the local community relatively affordable housing whencompared to other districts in the province.Table 7.3Average Property Prices By Property Type For Mid-Ulster (includingDungannon)Q1 2001 Q1 2002 Q2 2002£ £ £Terrace 49,325 53,617 62,522Semi-Detached House 63,503 70,641 71,150Detached House 102,179 109,542 104,609Semi-Detached Bungalow 64,921 * *Detached Bungalow 96,774 82,245 101,691All Property 74,827 73,085 80,632Source: Northern Ireland Quarterly House Price Index______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures62

Table 7.4Average Property Prices By Property Type For Northern Ireland2001 (Q1)£2002 (Q1)£2002 (Q2)£Terrace 60,867 66,811 67,947Semi-Detached House 77,005 82,444 86,486Detached House 119,012 142,196 142,045Semi-Detached Bungalow 68,343 74,228 71,103Detached Bungalow 100,866 113,780 117,000Apartment 86,557 90,219 92,169All Property 82,833 92448 95,007Source: Northern Ireland Quarterly House Price IndexFigure 7.3 - Average House Prices in the Mid-Ulster Region as aPercentage of Average Property Prices Across Northern Ireland120%100%80%60%40%Q1 2001Q1 2002Q1 200220%0%TerraceSemi-DetachedHouseDetachedHouseSemi-DetachedBungalowDetachedBungalowAllPropertySource: Northern Ireland Quarterly House Price IndexNote: Due to insufficient sample size the survey was unable to produce an average price forSemi-Detached Bungalows for Q1 2002 and Q2 2002.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures63

7.3.2 RatesThe average rates bill in Dungannon, as illustrated in Table 7.5, has been consistentlylower than the Northern Ireland average each year over the past four yearsIt is interesting to note that whilst the Borough has experienced the second highestrate of increase in its average rates bill (34.3%) over this period, when compared tothe other council areas in the Tyrone and Fermanagh region, it has generally had oneof the lowest average rates bills over all. In fact, between 1998 and 2001 the averagerates bill in Dungannon was lower, year on year, than in each of the other fourdistricts in the Tyrone and Fermanagh region.Table 7.5 Average Rates Bill per District Council area (£)98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02%ChangeDungannon 286.51 320.88 357.08 384.69 34.3Cookstown 318.81 380.81 387.88 414.02 29.9Omagh 343.66 408.93 456.78 468.33 36.3Strabane 301.67 339.36 374.69 400.51 32.8Fermanagh 299.92 356.29 368.75 368.75 22.9Northern Ireland 353.65 391.53 437.26 437.26 23.6Source: Housing Statistics for 2001/02 – DOE for Northern Ireland______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures64

7.3.3 House BuildingThe share of house building projects in Dungannon and South Tyrone continues to bedominated by the private sector. In fact, over the past four years there has been nonew house building projects undertaken by the NIHE, with the housing associationsbeing involved in very limited activity..Figure 7.4 Housing Starts By Sector in the Dungannon DistrictCouncil Area600Number of HousingStarts50040030020010001998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02YearPrivateNIHEHousing AssociationsTable 7.6Housing Starts By Sector in the Dungannon District Council AreaPrivate NIHE Housing Associations1998/99 329 0 181999/00 238 0 102000/01 360 0 272001/02 499 0 2Source: Housing Statistics for 2001/02 – DOE for Northern Ireland______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures65

7.4 Social HousingThe number of people in Dungannon area on the waiting list for NIHE/SocialHousing has increased from 333 during 1998/99 to 563 last year, an increase of 69%.This has occurred during a period when the overall number of people on the waitinglist across Northern Ireland has risen from 23,193 to 40,616, a rise of 75%.Whilst all of the council areas in the Tyrone and Fermanagh region have experiencedincreases in the number of people registered on the waiting list for social housing, theincreases in both Dungannon and Strabane have been significantly higher than theirneighbours.It must be noted, however, that these increases do in part reflect a change in the wayNIHE and Housing Association transfers are counted following the introduction of theNew Housing Selection Scheme in November 2000. Prior to this, only NIHEapplicants were counted.Table 7.7NIHE Waiting Lists By District Council Area (*Incorporating HousingAssociations)1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 % ChangeDungannon 333 349 571 563 69%Cookstown 207 176 274 291 41%Omagh 400 415 472 536 34%Strabane 381 423 680 647 70%Fermanagh 527 422 702 731 39%Northern Ireland 23,193 26,006 36,418 40,616 75%Source: Housing Statistics for 2000/01 – DOE for Northern IrelandNote: A common social rented sector waiting list for applicants to NIHE/HousingAssociations has been in operation since June 1997______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures66

Figure 7.5 Percentage Change in the NIHE/Social Sector WaitingList 1998/99 - 2001/0280%70%60%50%40%30%20%10%0%DungannonCookstownOmaghStrabaneFermanaghNorthern Ireland______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures67

8.0 Tourism8.1 IntroductionDungannon and South Tyrone has much to offer the visitor. Its unspoilt andpicturesque landscape is the perfect setting to relax, take long leisurely walks or toexplore by car or by bicycle.The district boasts two main cycle routes that are part of the National Cycle Network.Route 95 takes the cyclist from Benburb through Moygashel, Dungannon andDonaghmore to Stewartstown, whilst Route 94, the Loughshore trail, passes throughthe district along the coast of Lough Neagh.Golfing, fishing and horse riding are among the many activities that can be enjoyedthroughout the area.Tyrone is noted for its excellent restaurants and fine food and Dungannon is noexception. Local restaurants are not hard to find and using fresh local produce theycreate an array of exciting dishes from the traditional to the contemporary and theethnic.From forest parks to stately homes, ancient burial tombs and archaeological sites tocathedrals and churches, the borough is steeped with a long and proud history andculture, offering the visitor many exciting and beautiful places to explore andexperience.Table 8.1Visitor Numbers to Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough CouncilDistrict Council Facilities1999 2000 2001Killymaddy Tourist Amenity Centre 89,760 104,196 145,695U.S. Grant Ancestral Homestead 3,216 2,010 3,075* Dungannon Park 117 424 674Source: Killymaddy Tourist Informatin Centre*Dungannon Park figures relate to the number of caravans and tents that use thefacilitiesNote: The tourism data in sections 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4 of this report are survey based and aretherefore subject to normal statistical error. The tables in this section have beencomplied on the basis of a three year moving average; that is the observeddistribution of tourism trips, nights and expenditure is calculated and averaged over athree year period. As a visitor can stay in more than one location during their trip, thetotal number of trips to each location will be greater than the number of trips taken toNorthern Ireland.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures68

8.2 Tourist TripsBetween 1998 and 2001 the number of visits by tourists to the Borough increased byalmost 35%, from 31,400 to over 42,000 (see Table 8.2). Despite this increase intourism activity, Dungannon continues to lag behind many other areas in NorthernIreland in attracting tourists, with the number of recorded trips in 2001 representingonly 1.77% of the total number of trips taken by tourists across Northern Ireland.Table 8.2Number of Trips (000's) made to each District Council area per annum1998 1999 2000 2001Dungannon 31.4 36.7 38.2 42.3Cookstown 18.3 24 25.7 28.1Omagh 33.8 37.5 38.9 40.3Strabane 20.8 25 21.4 28.4Fermanagh 134.2 156.9 175 184.7Northern Ireland 2,156.40 2,342.30 2,403.30 2,391.20Source: NITBFigure 8.1 Tourist trips per District Council Area as a Percentage ofthe Northern Ireland Total9.00%8.00%7.00%6.00%5.00%4.00%3.00%2.00%19981999200020011.00%0.00%Dungannon Cookstown Omagh Strabane Fermanagh______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures69

8.3 Overnight StaysIn relation to overnight stays by visitors to the borough, there has been an estimateddecrease from 213,000 in 1998 to 184,300 in 2001. Whilst this does appear to signifya general trend, over the past three years, toward fewer visitors staying in theborough, the Foot and Mouth crises of last year has impacted further upon this,particularly as it did result in fewer overseas visitors coming to Northern Ireland as awhole during the year.Table 8.3Number of Overnight visits (000's) made to each District Council areaper annum1998 1999 2000 2001Dungannon 213 192.2 187.8 184.3Cookstown 107 127.7 129 160.3Omagh 194 194.7 173.3 174.5Strabane 138 156.4 143.5 149.2Fermanagh 609 647.6 713.7 553.5Northern Ireland 9,876 10,628 10,716 10,006.60Source: NITBFigure 8.2 Overnight Visits per District Council Area as a % ofNorthern Ireland Total7.00%6.00%5.00%4.00%3.00%2.00%19981999200020011.00%0.00%Dungannon Cookstown Omagh Strabane Fermanagh______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures70

8.4 Tourism SpendTourist spend in Dungannon has also decreased over the past three years. Tourismrevenue across the Borough in 2001 was estimated to be worth £4.7m equivalent tojust 1.35% of total tourism revenue across Northern Ireland as a whole.Table 8.4Tourist spend (£m) per District Council area per annum1998 1999 2000 2001Dungannon 5.45 4.9 4.4 4.7Cookstown 2.88 3.3 3.1 5.1Omagh 3.69 3.8 4 4.4Strabane 3.65 4.2 3.4 3.6Fermanagh 16.68 20.2 22 21.9Northern Ireland 280.04 322 329 348Source: NITBFigure 8.3 Tourist Spend per District Council Area as a % of theNorthern Ireland Total8.00%7.00%6.00%5.00%4.00%3.00%2.00%1.00%0.00%Dungannon Cookstown Omagh Strabane Fermanagh1998199920002001______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures71

9.0 AgricultureThe agricultural industry continues to be an important sector within the economy of theDungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area. As illustrated in section 4.0 ofthis paper, it accounts for almost 48% of the 2,695 VAT registered enterprises in theborough and provides employment for 3,713 people (see Table 9.4).The agricultural sector, however, continues to be an industry under pressure. Of the2,101 farms in the borough, 80% are categorised as either very small or small (seeTable 9.2) and 72% are located in Less Favoured Areas (LFA) (see Table 9.3).Furthermore, approximately half of the 3,713 people employed in this sector locally,are part-time or casual employees, with a further 11% being categorised as the spouse(see Table 9.4).Table 9.1Number of Farms by Business Size.V. Small Small Medium Large Total2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001Dungannon 1,209 1,263 670 636 186 184 14 18 2,079 2,101Cookstown 839 866 476 454 166 159 31 33 1,512 1,512Omagh 1,269 1,298 940 894 209 211 25 31 2,443 2,434Strabane 609 652 561 535 198 197 43 50 1,411 1,434Tyrone 3,926 4,079 2,647 2,519 759 751 113 132 7,445 7,481NI 15,535 16,153 10,547 9,833 3,153 3,103 6,56 729 29,891 29,818Source: The Agriculture Census in NI 2001______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures72

Table 9.2 Percentage Distribution of Farms, 2001V. Small Small Medium LargeDungannon 60% 30% 9% 1%Cookstown 57% 30% 11% 2%Omagh 53% 37% 9% 1%Strabane 45% 37% 14% 3%Tyrone 55% 34% 10% 2%NI 54% 33% 10% 2%Source: The Agriculture Census in NI 2001Table 9.3 - Number of Farms by LFA Designation, 2001LFANon LFANo. % No. %Dungannon 1,520 72% 581 28%Cookstown 861 57% 651 43%Omagh 2,282 94% 152 6%Strabane 1,178 82% 256 18%Tyrone 5,841 78% 1,640 22%NI 20,780 70% 9038 30%Source: The Agriculture Census in NI 2001Table 9.4 Labour Force, 2001Full-time Part-time Spouses Casual/Seasonal TotalNo. % No. % No % No %Dungannon 1,463 39% 1,329 36% 409 11% 512 14% 3,713Cookstown 1,077 41% 923 35% 287 11% 364 14% 2,651Omagh 1,786 43% 1,407 34% 424 10% 563 13% 4,180Strabane 1,196 44% 800 30% 279 10% 413 15% 2,688Tyrone 5,522 42% 4,459 34% 1,399 11% 1,852 14% 13,232NI 22,966 41% 18,568 33% 6,520 12% 8,308 15% 56,362Source: The Agriculture Census in NI 2001______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures73

Table 9.5 Number of Farms By Farm Type, 2001Pigs/Cereals Cropping Horticulture Poultry DairyCattle &SheepLFA Lowland Mixed Others TotalDungannon 16 7 27 49 369 1,121 359 62 91 2,101Cookstown 24 9 2 52 304 671 331 50 69 1,512Omagh 5 4 3 33 396 1,818 89 29 57 2,434Strabane 20 12 3 13 228 963 131 39 25 1,434Tyrone 65 32 35 147 1,297 4,573 910 180 242 7481NI 537 311 331 523 4,741 16,061 4,850 1,067 1,397 29,818Source: The Agriculture Census in NI 2001______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures74

10. Deprivation10.1 Domain Deprivation MeasuresThe Deprivation Measures for the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Councilarea, referred to in this section of the report, relate to those constructed by the SocialDisadvantage Research Centre at Oxford University and published in their report,“Measures of Deprivation in Northern Ireland” (NISRA June 2001).The new Northern Ireland Measures of Deprivation score each of the seven Domainsof Deprivation listed in Table 10.1, producing Domain Deprivation Measures thatcan then be ranked across Northern Ireland. In order to determine a MultipleDeprivation Measure each of the domain scores are then weighted and combined.The criteria for selecting an appropriate weighting system for the standardiseddomains are as follows:1) The importance of their contribution to an overall concept of multipledeprivation,2) Robustness of the indicators comprised within each domain. Details on theindicators comprised in each domain are given in Appendix 1.As can be seen from Table 10.1, the Income and Employment domains are regardedas the most important contributors to the concept of multiple deprivation and theindicators comprising the domains are considered very robust.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures75

Table 10.1Weighted Domains of Deprivation that comprise the multipleDeprivation MeasureDeprivation Domain Purpose WeightingIncome deprivationEmploymentdeprivationHealth deprivation anddisabilityEducation, skills andtraining deprivationGeographical access toservicesSocial environmentHousing stressTo capture the extent of income deprivation in anareaTo measure enforced exclusion from the world ofworkTo identify areas with people whose quality of lifeis impaired by poor health and/or disability orwhose life is cut short by premature deathTo measure the key educational characteristicsof the local area that might contribute to theoverall level of deprivationTo measure the extend to which people havepoor geographical access to certain key servicesTo measure deprivation in the socialenvironment. Indicators about crime and localarea problems have been combined to measurelocal conditions that reduce the quality of lifeTo identify areas of unsatisfactory housing byusing indicators of “housing stress”, thisconsiders the condition of the housing itself,rather than the status of the occupants25%25%15%15%10%5%5%______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures76

10.1.1 Ward Level DataTable 10.2Ranked domain Deprivation Measures by Ward in the DungannonDistrict Council Area.Ward NameRank ofMultipleDeprivationMeasureDomainRank ofIncomeDomainRank ofEmploymentDomainRank ofHealthDomainRank ofEducationDomainRank ofAccessDomainRank ofSocialEnvironmentDomainRank ofHousingDomainAltmore 146 129 174 84 351 48 537 367Augher 203 166 374 178 429 32 367 27Aughnacloy 264 220 366 239 347 88 268 91Ballygawley 178 126 210 362 231 49 240 331Ballysaggart 67 35 148 49 87 483 169 140Benburb 371 296 292 392 464 180 361 168Caledon 258 262 397 264 395 29 433 39Castlecaulfield 335 246 261 448 502 123 279 227Clogher 164 128 199 327 226 22 312 555Coalisland North 213 65 269 324 375 241 226 243Coalisland South 104 30 173 123 229 354 239 228C/island West &N/mills 210 138 258 156 372 270 337 32Coolhill 452 426 330 373 439 395 373 369Donaghmore 233 189 175 215 506 176 362 73Drumglass 200 186 123 87 385 427 203 534Fivemiletown 159 222 186 319 282 65 108 1Killyman 421 368 403 471 462 109 400 205Killymeal 332 244 302 251 504 334 207 102Moy 302 331 325 363 497 240 69 3Moygashel 401 340 353 344 402 261 184 336Mullaghmore 186 204 110 238 519 421 32 31Washing Bay 198 84 272 202 292 134 479 411Source: NISRA 2001Note: Ranked positions relate to ward ranking across Northern Ireland. The ward with arank of 1 is the most deprived and that with a rank of 566 is the least deprived.From Table 10.2 it can be seen that at an electoral ward level, Dungannon registers itshighest levels of deprivation in relation to income, access to services and housing.In relation to the ranking of electoral wards in terms of income deprivation, 77%(17/22) of wards in Dungannon register deprivation scores which position themamongst the bottom half (those with a rank of 283 or lower) all wards in NorthernIreland. Furthermore, 45% (10/22) of wards in Dungannon register deprivation scoreswhich place them amongst the most deprived third (those with a rank of 187 or lower)of all wards in the province.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures77

In terms of access to public services, 73% (16/22) of wards in the borough registerdeprivation scores which position them amongst the bottom half of all wards in theprovince, with 54% (12/22) being ranked amongst the most deprived third.With regard to housing, 68% (15/22) of wards in Dungannon are ranked amongst thebottom half of all wards in the province, with 45% (10/22) being ranked amongst thebottom third. It is also worthy of note that in relation to housing, Fivemiletown isdeemed to be the most deprived ward in Northern Ireland, with five other wards in thedistrict (Moy, Augher, Mullaghmore, Coalisland West and Newmills and Caledon)being ranked amongst the most deprived 10% of wards across the province.The area where Dungannon exhibits significantly lower levels of deprivation isEducation. Just 23% (5/22) of the wards in the borough are ranked amongst thebottom half of all wards in Northern Ireland, with just 1 ward, Ballysaggart, beingranked amongst the most deprived third of all the wards in the province.In reflecting the present situation in the Dungannon and South Tyrone area, it is notsurprising that 68% (15/22) of electoral wards register multiple deprivation scoreswhich position them amongst the most deprived half of all wards in Northern Ireland,with 32% (7/22) being amongst the bottom third. It is important to note that, overall,none of the electoral wards in Dungannon are ranked amongst the most deprived 10%of wards in Northern Ireland in terms of the multiple deprivation measure.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures78

10.1.2 District Council Level DataTable 10.3District Council Level summaries of Ward LevelNameNumberofIncomeDeprivedRank ofIncomeScaleNumberofEmploymentDeprivedRank ofEmploymentScaleExtentRankLocalConcentrationRankRank ofAverageof WardRanksRank ofAverageof WardScoresDungannon 16085 7 3538 15 16 15 9 9Cookstown 10944 17 2653 20 16 11 5 6Omagh 15222 9 4119 8 8 9 7 7Strabane 15362 8 3785 11 3 3 1 1Fermanagh 17030 6 3749 13 16 21 10 11Source: NISRA 2001Notes:Income ScaleEmployment ScaleExtentLocal ConcentrationAverage of WardRankAverage of WardScoresThe district council level summaries are presented in five categories. Foreach category the Local Government District (LGD) in Northern Irelandwith a rank of 1is the most deprived and 26 the least deprivedIncome Scale is the number of people who are Income deprived.Employment Scale is the number of people who are employment deprived.Proportion of an LGD’s population living in the wards which rank withinthe most deprived 10% of wards in Northern Ireland. The aim of thismeasure is to portray how widespread high levels of deprivation are in aLGD. It only includes LGDs which contain wards which fall within the topten percent of the most deprived wards on the MDM in Northern Ireland. Arank of 16 indicates an LGD with no score on this measure.Local concentration is the population weighted average of the MDM ranksof an LGD’s most deprived wards that contain exactly 10% of the LGD’spopulation. Local Concentration is an important way of identifying LGDs’“hot spots” of deprivation.Population weighted average of the combined MDM ranks for the wards inan LGD. This measure is useful because it summarises the LGD taken as awhole, including both deprived and less deprived wards.Population weighted average of the combined MDM scores for the wards inan LGD. This measure also describes the LGD as a whole, taking intoaccount the full range of ward scores across an LDG. The advantage of theAverage of Ward Scores measure is that it describes the wards by retainingthe fact that the more deprived wards may have more “extreme” scores,which is not revealed to the same extent if the ranks are used.In relation to the Multiple Deprivation Measure, as illustrated in the previous section,none of the wards in Dungannon are ranked amongst the most deprived 10% of wardsin Northern Ireland and therefore the borough does not register a score in relation tothe measure of extent.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures79

Whilst the borough performs relatively well in terms of employment deprivation(ranked 15 th most deprived LGD), it does perform less well in relation to incomedeprivation, where it is ranked as the 7 th most deprived council area overall, and themost deprived when compared to the other three districts in Tyrone.Based on the average deprivation scores at ward level however, the Dungannon andSouth Tyrone Borough Council area is ranked as the 9 th most deprived localgovernment district in Northern Ireland. In comparison to the other three districtcouncil areas in Tyrone, it exhibits the lowest levels of deprivation overall, and issecond only to Fermanagh as the least deprived local government district in the widerTyrone and Fermanagh region.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures80

10.2 New Targeting Social Need (TSN)10.2.1 Introduction to New TSNThrough New Targeting Social Need (New TSN) the Government aims to tacklesocial need and social exclusion in Northern Ireland by targeting its efforts andavailable resources on people, groups and areas in greatest social need.New TSN was announced in the Partnership for Equality White Paper (Cm 3890),which was published in March 1998, as part of the Government’s wider agenda formaking Northern Ireland a more fair, just and prosperous society and it was identifiedin the Good Friday Agreement as one of the Government’s key socio-economiccommitments.When New TSN was first launched DETI defined New TSN areas as those areas, bothat a District Council and Ward level, in which 47% or more of the claimant countwere categorised as long-term unemployed (i.e. unemployed for one year or more).In total 11 (42%) out of the 26 District Council areas in Northern Ireland wereinitially designated as areas of greatest disadvantage - or New TSN areas and thisincluded all five District Council areas in the Tyrone and Fermanagh region.This definition has since been revised on the basis of the Noble Measures ofDeprivation. Under the revised scheme DETI has designated the 160 most deprivedwards in Northern Ireland, containing around 30% of the total population, as its focusfor New TSN activities.In addition, the Department has also drawn up a Council-level map by selecting thesix most deprived Council areas, based on the same methodology, as the focus for itsNew TSN activities. The six Council areas are Strabane, Derry, Omagh, Moyle,Cookstown and Newry & Mourne (See Figure 10.1).In recognition of the significant economic difficulties, particularly in relation to joblosses and rising unemployment experienced by certain areas over the past severalmonths, DETI has decided to supplement the New TSN Council area map byawarding “special” status to those areas which have experienced an unemploymentrate of at least 20% above the Northern Ireland average over the past year. This bringsinto the equation Carrickfergus, Larne, Limavady and Fermanagh District Councils.______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures81

Figure 10.1District Council Areas Designated as New TSN AreasLStrabaneOMAGHCookstownDungannonFermanaghTSN DistrictCouncils‘Special’ StatusDistrict CouncilsSource: The first New TSN Annual Report – November 1999Whilst the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area as a whole is nolonger deemed to be a New TSN area, six electoral wards within the council areacontinue to be recognised as areas of high of deprivation (See Table 10.4).Table 10.4Breakdown of Electoral Wards in the District Council AreaRevised NewTSN WardsIn Dungannon - 2002BallysaggartCoalisland NorthCoalisland SouthDrumglassMullaghmoreWashing BayOriginal New TSN WardsIn Dungannon - 1999AltmoreBallygawleyBallysaggartCaledonCastlecaulfieldClogherCoalisland NorthCoalisland SouthFivemiletownKillymanMullaghmoreWashing Bay______________________Dungannon Facts & Figures82